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Rab arrests death-row war criminal in Gazipur

Report in The Daily Star online, Apr 30, 2023Rapid Action Battalion arrested a fugitive war criminal, who was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Montaz Ali Bapary alias Momtaz, 76, was arrested from Gazipur’s Chandra area last night, Lt Col Arif Mohiuddin Ahmed, commanding officer of Rab-3, told a press briefing today. The Rab CO said Montaz had been hiding since 2016. He moved to his son’s house…

SIU arrests two ‘TTP militants’

Report in Dawn, April 27th, 2023KARACHI: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Wednesday claimed to have arrested two suspected militants associated with the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). A spokesman for the SIU said that the held suspects were involved in targeted killings and extortion. They were identified as Muhammad Kamal Khan and Abdul Qadir. He said that the suspects confessed to their involvement in several crimes which they committed on the orders of TTP leadership…

CTD arrests ‘SRA militant’:

Report in The News, April 20, 2023The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh police claimed a major success after arresting a suspected militant of a banned militant organisation, Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army, in a recent raid in Karachi. The CTD spokesperson said the operation was carried out with the assistance of a federal intelligence agency. The suspect, identified as Obaidullah, was apprehended in Gulshan-e-Hadeed. A pistol with a magazine was seized from his possession. The initial…

Taliban Intelligence Arrests Perpetrator of Afghanistan’s Balkh Explosions

report in Khaama Press online,April 3, 2023The Intelligence Department has announced the arrest of one of the perpetrators involved in several deadly attacks in the Balkh province of Afghanistan, including the assassination of Mohammad Dawood Muzamal, governor of Balkh, on Sunday. The department aired the “confessions” of a young person saying he was involved in at least five attacks, including the governor of Balkh, Tebyan centre and several Shiite centres in Mazar-e-Sharif. According to the…

Punjab CTD arrests 12 suspects

Report in Dawn, March 11th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department claims to have arrested 12 suspects belonging to the defunct organisations from across Punjab. A spokesperson for the department said the CTD conducted 59 intelligence-based operations across the province to avert any untoward incident. During raids, 61 suspects were interrogated. He said CTD teams managed to arrest 12 suspects belonging to various banned militant organisations, including the TTP. They included Irshadullah, Muhammad Luqman Shahid, Anas…

CTD arrests 12 members of banned outfits in Punjab IBOs

report in The Nation online, Mar 10, 2023 at 11:14 AMThe Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday apprehended 12 terrorists belonging to banned outfits, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al-Qaeda group, during multiple operations in Punjab. According to details, CTD conducted a grand operation on the hideouts of terrorists in several districts of Punjab including Lahore, Sargodha and arrested 12 terror suspects. During the operation in Lahore, forces arrested three terrorists belonging to banned TTP, said…

Punjab CTD kills TTP man, arrests 11 others

Report in Dawn, Feb 12th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have killed a suspected terrorist allegedly belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an encounter and arrested 11 other members of banned outfits from different cities during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Punjab. According to a spokesperson, the Punjab CTD conducted 26 IBOs in different districts of the province to counter the menace of terrorism and interrogated 26 suspects. During…

BNP stages countrywide demo protesting police action at Naya Paltan

report in Prothom Alo, Dec 8, 2022The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage demonstrations in all cities and district towns on Thursday to protest “barbaric” police action and mass arrests of the party’s leaders and activists in front of its Naya Paltan central office on Wednesday. Party standing committee took the decision at an emergency meeting at night, said a press release. Following the police action at Naya Paltan, the BNP standing committee, the highest…

Rab arrests 5 militants who targeted a law enforcer

report in The Daily Star, Dec 6, 2022Five operatives of newly formed militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindai Sharqiya were planning to kill a member of a law enforcement agency before they were arrested by Rab on Sunday. The outfit recruited three to four members who would have executed the plan in Gaibandha under the leadership of an armed and trained member, Rab said yesterday. The five operatives were arrested from Narayanganj’s Sonargaon and Dhaka’s…