KOHAT: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday arrested three alleged terrorists, who were planning to bomb Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) here, highly placed sources said.

They added that a CTD team from Peshawar, acting on a tip-off, stopped a car coming from Bannu at Jarma bridge here. Three terrorists belonging to Khyber Agency, who were currently residing in various parts of Peshawar, were arrested. They were identified as Imran Khan, Mali Khan and Fareed Khan.

The CTD squad recovered 20 kilograms of explosives stuffed in a gunny bag, a safety fuse, 12-meter-long detonating cord, a remote controlled bomb receiver and an electric detonator from the vehicle.

The arrested terrorists were shifted to Peshawar after registration of case against them in Kohat.

Published in Dawn, November 29th, 2015