MINGORA: The Swat police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two militants allegedly involved in anti-state activities during spillover of militancy to the Swat valley.

According to Kabal police, following a tip off they along with the CTD police raided a house in Kabal where they found a wanted militant, Siraj Khan, and arrested him.

They said that he was allegedly involved in bomb blasts in 2009.

In another raid at Shawar area in Matta tehsil, the CTD police arrested a militant commander Mohammad Ali Shah, who was allegedly involved in attacks on security forces.

Published in Dawn, January 26th, 2018