QUETTA: Police on Friday arrested the man behind several terrorism incidents in Quetta, including a bomb blast targeting the vehicle of an anti-terrorist court (ATC) judge.

Quetta Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Razzaq Cheema, while addressing a press conference, said the mastermind of numerous bomb blasts in Quetta was arrested by police in Hazar Ganji area of the city.

Cheema said the accused was involved in a series of bomb explosions in Quetta that claimed scores of precious human lives.

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The CCPO confirmed that the accused had also targeted the vehicle of an ATC Judge, Nazeer Ahmed Langove, on November 11, 2014, at Quetta’s Double Road, killing two and injuring more than thirty individuals.

The accused was identified as Saurat Khan Marri. “He belongs to a banned militant outfit,” said the CCPO. Police also recovered two mortar shells, hand grenades, land mines and other weapons from his possession, Cheema said.

Security forces have arrested more than 3000 militants linked with different militant groups in Balochistan in the aftermath of the announcement of the National Action Plan (NAP). Forces have stepped up their efforts to apprehend militants in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan to ensure peace in the province.

Latest figures on operations being carried out by civilian and military agencies across Pakistan reveal that 10,616 people have been arrested on various charges since the launch of the NAP.