KARACHI, March 13: The police have arrested an alleged activist of the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and his accomplice, Asif Ramzi, in Garden West.
According to the police, on March 10 a CID team, following an information, arrested Muhammad Farhan Osda alias Abu Bakar, son of Amanullah, at house No 13, Prince Avenue Apartment, Block-D, Garden West, on suspicion of his involvement in sectarian terrorism.
On a lead given by him one AK-47 rifle with 20 rounds was recovered from an empty plot in Machhar Colony.
He was booked under the Arms Ordinance vide FIR No 02/2003 under section 13-E of the Arms Ordinance.
The accused also disclosed that he was given tasks to kill police officers, complainants, informers and witnesses in sectarian cases.
He and his accomplices had also planned for firing on Hussania Imambargah, near Gabol Park, in the police limits of Kalakot, Lyari, on 8th of Muharram.
He confessed his involvement in parcel bombs cases. Parcel bombs were sent to police officers of Civil Lines, Artillery Maidan and Ferozabad police stations, who were dealing with sectarian cases. Five police officers were injured on October 16 & 17, 2002.
He also disclosed his involvement in the Soldier Bazaar firing case on November 1, 2002 (three persons of the Shia sect were injured), the Jacob Lines firing case on December 10, 2001 (one person was injured) and the motorcycle bomb case in which two kilo explosives were recovered in the police limits of Gulzar-i-Hijri police on September 25, 2002.—APP/PPI
