DAGGAR: Police claimed to have arrested two suspected militants having affiliation with Maulana Fazlullah group. Both the arrested men carried head money.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, District Police Officer Syed Khalid Hamdani said that one of the arrested militants, Badsha Hussain, carried a bounty of Rs1 million and the other, Farman, Rs500,000 million.

The DPO flanked by SP Investigation Mohammad Arif Khan and DSP Pir Baba Farman Khan produced the veiled militants before journalists.

The DPO said the arrested men were wanted to law-enforcement agencies for attacks on Gandigar police station in 2009.

He said as per record Badsha Hussain was trained at a Taliban centre in Bajaur Agency and Farman at Sadiqa Banda and Jabbar training centre in Upper Dir.

Our correspondent in Mardan adds: The counter-terrorism department (CTD) of police claimed to have arrested three suspected militants in Mardan on Tuesday.

According to CTD’s DSP Sanober Khan, acting on a tip-off about the presence of militants personnel of the department raided a house in Saroshah village.

He said after a brief exchange of fire with the militants the personnel arrested them.

The DSP claimed that the arrested militants were planning to carry out terrorist activities in the area. He said the personnel seized arms and ammunitions from their possession. The seized items included one Kalashnikov, two pistols with cartridges, three hand-grenades and some other explosive materials.

The arrested men were identified as Sulaiman alias Saifullah, Hayat Alam and Kashifur Rahman. The DSP said they belonged to Mohmand Agency chapter of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.

Published in Dawn, March 16th, 2016