Leaders of banned group released

Published July 8, 2007

MANSEHRA, July 7: Police on Saturday released four central leaders of the outlawed group Sipah-i-Sahaba, who had been arrested here on Friday. Police sources said Hafiz Alam Tariq, Maulana Amir Mahavia and two other leaders of the group had been arrested from the district’s Ghazikot area. Two triple-M licensed guns had been seized from them.

The sources said the banned group leaders were released following interrogation.