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Afghanistan/South Asia
ATC remands Multan blast terrorist for 14 days
2004-10-22
Police produced Syed Irfan Ali, an alleged terrorist arrested on Wednesday, in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Multan for judicial remand for 14 days on Thursday. Zahoorul Haq, the ATC No. 1 judge, remanded accused Irfan for an identification parade in which the real estate agent and the owner of the car used in the Rashidabad bomb explosion would recognise the alleged terrorist, police said. Akhtar Bharwana of Jhang, an activist of Pasban-e-Islam, was a mastermind of the Rashidabad bomb explosion, said Irfan, 32, in police custody. He said Pasban-e-Islam was organised by Ali Nasir Suhail of Jauharabad, Khushab, when the government banned Sipah-e-Muhammad. He was killed in a shootout in Jauharabad, he added. He said the group had been involved in 82 terrorist activities since 2000.

Irfan told police that his accomplices, Ali Shah of Rawalpindi and Amjad Shah and Ghulam Abbas of Bhakkar, were Pasban-e-Islam's active workers. According to Habib Ahmed Khan, a sub-divisional police officer, Irfan had confessed that his group had planned to eliminate leaders of banned Millat-e-Islamia. They wanted to drive the car near the venue of the meeting but they had to park the car mid-way. "We used a remote-controlled device for the blast when the meeting was over," he said, adding: "I visited Islamabad to kill Maulana Azam Tariq and used police uniform and a blue light-fitted car to escape checking. I got the remote-controlled bomb and explosive material from Jhang." He said Bharwana was arrested on charges of the murder of Maulvi Shoaib of Rawalpindi but was later released on bail. Then he went to Iran. He was also involved in Mallu-Morr (Jhang) terrorist activity in which five Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan activists were killed. He said he came to Multan to plan terrorism and stayed at an inn near Gaddafi Squre. He posed himself as Ghulam Raza and produced a fake identity card.
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