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India-Pakistan
TTP chief, close aide booked for attack on SP Aslam
2014-01-13
[DAWN] Police on Saturday booked Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain chief Mullah Fazlullah
...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan...
and his close aide Shahidullah Shahid
The term 'booked' in this case is a legal fiction, since neither is in custody or ever will be in custody.
for the suicide kaboom on SP CID Mohammad Aslam Khan and his colleagues as the Rangers launched a 'massive operation' in the attacker's residential locality and claimed success, officials and sources said.

An investigation team traced the residence of the suspected attacker and picked up at least two family members of the suspected jacket wallah for questioning though police ruled out any arrest in this connection.

"They [two family members] have only been called for an interview," said a bigwig wishing not to be named. "A few crucial facts emerged during the course of the interview. It's not an arrest, neither can it be called detention. They were questioned to seek further clarity in the investigation process."

The PIB Colony cop shoppe registered an FIR (07/2014) under Sections 302 (premeditated murder) 324 (attempted murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistain Penal Code against unidentified suspects," said a PIB police official citing details of the FIR.

"Sections ¾ of the Explosive Act and 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act have also been incorporated in the FIR. The TTP chief Fazlullah and front man Shahidullah Shahid have been nominated as prime suspects with several other unknown persons on a complaint of CID Inspector Adil Khan."

On Friday, the police authorities investigating the Thursday kaboom on the CID SP, better known Chaudary Aslam, and his two guards concluded that a suicide bomber had rammed his explosives-laden pick-up truck into the slain police officer's bulletproof SUV when his motorcade was passing through the Lyari
...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot....
Expressway.

Before arriving at the conclusion, the police were probing it as a remote-controlled roadside kaboom targeting the SP CID vehicle and his security convoy, but the Sherlocks found human remains at the scene of crime and a hospital examination showed that they belonged to a person who remained unidentified.

Hours after the identification of the attacker as 36-year-old TTP member Naeemullah, the police decided to register the FIR against the chief of the banned outfit. The investigation team being led by DIG-CID Zafar Bukhari said they had enough evidence to believe that Fazalullah and his close aide Shahidullah Shahid were behind the suicide attack. "Almost a month ago, SP Aslam had received a call over his cellphone from Shahidullah Shahid, which turned into a heated argument from both sides," disclosed SSP CID Niaz Ahmed Khoso, part of the investigation team set up by the Sindh police chief. "In that conversation, Shahidullah Shahid had directly threatened him with a fatal attack on his life."

Then following the Jan 9 attack, the TTP claimed the responsibility that also helped Sherlocks to spot them as major suspects, he said.

Lyari Expressway reopened

He said the part of the Lyari Expressway that had been cordoned off was now reopened for traffic. But police remained present there to collect pieces of evidence, as the exercise might continue for the next couple of days, he added.

The statements of the CID officials, who accompanied SP Aslam at the time of the attack, were recorded in the first phase, he added.

A statement issued by the Sindh police claimed to have recovered more evidence from the scene of the crime as radius of search by the Sherlocks had been extended up to three kilometers.

"The police have found many parts of the suspected Suzuki pick-up [truck] used in blast and more remains of the suicide member," said the statement. "The radius of search has been extended to two to three kilometres. People are requested to hand over to the police any part of a vehicle near blast site. They may call at 021-99231399."

Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system...
the Rangers with some 400 soldiers launched an 'intelligence-driven targeted search and cordon operation in Pirabad' -- the locality where the suspected attacker Naeemullah lived.

"During the search operation, 11 criminals and members of defunct organization have been incarcerated
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
," said the Pakistain Rangers, Sindh, statement. "The operation was launched on the intelligence about the presence of bully boyz in the area which also led to the recovery of arms and ammunition."
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