KARACHI: Security forces on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a suspect linked with the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) from Lyari.

Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and police conducted an intelligence-based raid and arrested the suspect, Darvesh alias Sagar, and recovered one grenade, arms and ammunition from his custody.

A spokesperson for the paramilitary force said in a statement that the held suspect had joined the Baloch Students Organisation (BSO-Azad) in 2015 and later joined the proscribed group in 2018.

“The suspect along with his accomplices, Farooq Baloch and others, had been facilitating the banned BLA and BLF [The Baloch Liberation Front],” said the Rangers statement.

During interrogation, the held suspect “confessed” that he, along with Hayam Baloch, had “brainwashed” a female suicide bomber, Mahal Baloch. He also facilitated medical treatment of suspected militants.

Three die in accidents

Three people were killed and one was injured in two separate incidents in the metropolis on Tuesday, adds APP.

A rashly driven dumper hit a person who was on a wheel-chair near Steel Mill area of Karachi. As a result, the man was killed on the spot.

In the second incident, a dumper collided with a van passing through the Superhighway area. As a result of the collision, two persons died on the spot and one was injured.

Rescue teams shifted the victims to a hospital.

The police team after receiving reports conducted a raid and arrested the driver of the dumper.

Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2025