DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police claimed to have arrested on Wednesday night three members of a banned outfit from a mosque in Railway Colony adjacent to the Circuit House.

District Police Officer Ghulam Mubashir Maikan said the three men arrested during a raid belonged to the Al-Farooq group, former allies of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.

Police also seized ammunition from the suspects, including three hand grenades, two 30-bore pistols and 16 bullets. The arrested men were identified as Saiful Islam, Javed Iqbal and Ghulam Sarwar. Saif is said to be an expert in making explosive devices and a former student of the Karachi University.

Police say the Circuit House may have been the target of these “terrorists” as it often hosts state guests.

Published in Dawn, July 2nd, 2015

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