TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) staff arrested four alleged militants in Toba Tek Singh on Friday afternoon.

Sources said the four people were traveling in a vehicle while CTD vehicles were after them. Near Fatima Town on Toba-Gojra bypass road, they pulled over and took cover in fields.

CTD and Elite Force policemen besieged the area and arrested them.

Sources said detonators, explosives and maps of buildings were recovered from them.

City police officials chose not to share the detail of the arrests.

A search operation was underway by security agencies in Fatima Town and Ghaziabad localities as reportedly a fifth accomplice of the arrested militants had fled the scene.

Sources said the four belonged to the militant Islamic State group and a leaflet and flags of the banned outfit, explosive powder, prima card, safety fuses and detonators were also recovered from them.

The sources said one of them was a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while other three were from Rawalpindi. It is suspected that they had come to the area for terrorism in the upcoming Muharram month.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2016