KARACHI: A crackdown against the breakaway faction of the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammad (now renamed as Khuddam-ul-Islam) is imminent following the arrest of their supreme commander Abdul Jabbar from Sargodha district two days ago.
Abdul Jabbar, nicknamed Umer Farooq
| ... which is Urdu for "Mad Dog"... |
was arrested by the security agencies on Tuesday along with five of his comrades from Sargodha. He had been named as chief of the splinter of Khuddam-ul-Islam after their leader Maulana Masood Azhar (Indian Airlines hijacking fame) expelled him and eleven other commanders of the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammad.
| "Out! Out, damned turban!" |
Jabbar is said to be a key suspect in three terror attacks on Christian targets last year. Investigators believe Jabbar provided weapons, intelligence and funds for a suicide attack on a church in Islamabad. It is also learnt that the police in Karachi was also looking for him to interrogate in a high profile bombing case reported last year. Sources said some suspects in the case had informed the investigators that in that case too Jabbar had assisted them. Sources said after his arrest his comrades in Karachi have gone underground to evade an imminent drive against them. Sources in the police said they had got orders from the top to catch them. |