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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Rangers unearth terrorist network inside Karachi jailKARACHI: Rangers personnel conducted targeted operation at Central Jail Karachi (CJK) on receiving information about terrorists operating a network from inside the jail.
There was report that terrorist operating from jail had planned the attack on senior Judge of Sindh High Court on June 26 at Burns road, which claimed at least nine lives of rangers and police personnel, several others were wounded. As per detail, Rangers recovered cell phones, knifes and other materials from the possession of prisoners. Extra contingent of rangers’ personnel participated in the operation here on Saturday, they also interrogated the inmate who along with his companions had planned to attack senior judge in 2011. Rangers’ personnel also questioned several other militant outfit members including outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi former chief Akram Lahori. CJK’s deputy superintendent Nazeer Shah said six cell phones, knives, mp3 players and Jihadi material was recovered from the possession of prisoners, adding that he denied the recovery of any laptop found during the operation. Shah also denied that no mobile related to be used for the bomb attack on Justice Baqar Maqbool was found from the prisoners. According to CID officials, two alleged members of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Farhan and Azeem Shaikh after their arrest during interrogation confessed to have attacked the senior judge Maqbool Baqar in 2011, adding that one of them, Shaikh, was later released in June 2011 while Farhan remained imprisoned at CJK. CID officials further said, besides attacking senior judge the accused persons had also confessed to have attacked various senior police officers including chief of the Anti-Extremist Cell SSP Chaudhry Aslam Khan and SP Khurram Waris. Sources said that the analysis of the cell phones and contact numbers of the key suspects involved in the attack is underway. staff report
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