The capital city police arrested three terrorists belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), including the mastermind of the Rescue 15 bomb blast, recovering sophisticated weapons and explosives from their custody on Sunday.Police claimed that the men were high-profile terrorists and were caught red handed with explosives as they were assembling in the city for carrying out major terror activities in the capital.
The accused were identified as Shafiqur Rehman alias Adam, Abdul Qayum alias Mufti and Ghulam Tabassum.
Police sources said Mullah Shafiq and Ghulam Tabassum were the masterminds of last year's Rescue 15 blast.
An Islamabad police spokesman said the police was informed by its sources that three terrorists had entered the city and were present in Sector G-9/1. A special police team, supervised by CID Superintendent of Police Capt Liaqat Ali and led by Margalla police station house officer Muhammad Hussain Lasi, raided their hideout and caught them red handed from near a 'nullah' in Sector G/9-1. Police recovered two Kalashnikovs and 25 rounds, detonators, and explosives.
During preliminary interrogation, the men confessed that they had planned to carry out terrorist activities in the capital. They said they wanted to target Islamabad's main markets and important installations. The spokesman said Inspector General of Islamabad Police Syed Kaleem Imam and the Islamabad senior superintendent of police appreciated the performance of Margalla Police and announced special awards and commendation certificates for the policemen.