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| Four extremists arrested from Quetta |
| 2011-01-09 |
| QUETTA: Quetta police busted a group of religious forces of Evil by rounding up four of its members and recovering a large quantity of weapons from them. Addressing a presser, Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Hamid Shakil said 14 hand grenades and a kalashnikov with scores of rounds were recovered from the jugged men's possession. They belonged to a banned religious outfit, which the DIG refused to identify for security reasons. He also withheld the identity of all the four men, saying that they were picked up during a raid at the residence of one Mahboob Bareech in the Satellite Township. He said the group was led by Mulla Obaidullah Bareech, who was serving a prison sentence. They are being interrogated to unearth the names of other members of the group and have been booked under the Arms Act, Shakil said. He said police had jugged two more suspects involved in kidnapping for ransom cases in a separate raid in Pashtunabad area. Police identified the suspects as Fazalur Rehman, a proclaimed offender, and Umar Shah. Replying to a question, Shakil said police officials were making efforts to break the chain of culprits involved in kidnapping-for-ransom, and the raids would continue until the criminals were brought to justice. He said police were already taking action against those coppers who were involved in backing the criminals. Two coppers were also suspended recently for allegedly harbouring criminals, he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |