SSP Tariq Wilayat during a press conference in Kotri Town of Jamshoro district on Monday said that the suspected terrorist was identified as Qamar Zaman Mehsud who hails from North Waziristan. He informed that Mehsud was arrested in a raid of Kotri police.
The police recovered 10 kilogrammes of explosive material, a bundle of wire, three hand grenades and an automatic rifle with 50 rounds from the his possession. “He shifted along with his family to a place in Kotri after the military operation began in North Waziristan back in 2014,” SSP claimed adding that Mehsud later shifted Karachi where he allegedly collected extortion and was also involved in killing of the policemen.
According to the SSP, Mehsud recently shifted to Nooriabad where he was hiding in a petrol pump. He claimed that two of his associates had escaped to Tank in the tribal areas while one has been killed in Karachi and another is in the custody of the law enforcement agencies. The SSP told that Mehsud would be booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
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Wazoo until 2014 and moved to Jamshoro along with his family some seven/eight months ago during the military operation, Zarb-e-Azb..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
. "His family is currently staying with his brother in Jamshoro," the SSP said. The police officer said that the suspect was working as a watchman at the CNG station from where he was picked up.
The suspect, he said, named Maharban, Jehangir Khan, Abdul Rehman aka Master and Syed Badshah as his associates. "Abdul Rehman and Jehangir Khan were perhaps killed by law enforcers in 2015 while Maharban and Syed Badshah have fled to Tank," the SSP quoted the suspect as telling the police.
"[Qamar] Mehsud, admitting that he is associated with the TTP Shaharyar group, has disclosed to us that Syed Badshah had in the past served as TTP leader Baitullah Mehsud's driver," the SSP said.