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| 'Key financier' of Safoora massacre detained by police |
| 2015-09-17 |
[DAWN] The counter-terrorism department (CTD) on Wednesday claimed to have tossed in the slammerDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! the alleged 'key financier' involved in the Safoora bus carnage, the incident in which more than 40 people including women and kiddies were killed. The suspect, Sheeba Ahmed, was detained from the Defence area of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , said CTD's Senior Superintendent of Police Investigation, Naveed Nisar Khwaja. Khwaja said Ahmed allegedly 'brainwashed' the suspects accused of carrying out the Safoora massacre and provided them with key financial support, Speaking at presser at his office, the senior officer said Ahmed was detained over information provided by the arrested accused -- Saad Aziz and Azhar Ishrat. During initial probe, the suspect told Sherlocks that he belonged to a religious party, Tanzeem Islami. However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... the officer added that "he was also the financier of the outlawed al Qaeda in the Indian sub-continent". It was alleged that Ahmed was involved in "chemical business" in Pakistain and neighbouring Islamic countries and the money earned through this trade was being used to provide funds to Lions of Islam to carry out terror acts. "The held suspect, apart from brainwashing the main accused of Safoora tragedy, also provided them complete financial support," claimed the CTD official. Naveed Khuwaja revealed that another suspect, Hasan Zaheer, who was recently arrested in Lahore, also informed Sherlocks that Sheeba Ahmed had provided financial support to a hospital in Lahore for treating alleged injured holy warriors there. "We are also interrogating him to this effect," added the police officer. Sindh Inspector General Ghulam Hyder Jamali, AIG CTD Sanaullah Abbasi and DIG CTD Arif Hanif announced cash and other rewards for the police party which detained the alleged terrorist. |
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