CTD apprehends three alleged terrorists in Faisalabad

LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police on Monday claimed to have arrested three alleged terrorists in Faisalabad, ARY News reported.

Acting on a tip-off, the CTD police conducted a raid at a house in Faisalabad and arrested three terrorists of a banned outfit.

During the raid, CTD officials also recovered explosives, safety fuses, three detonators, weapons, ammunition and other things form their possession.

The alleged terrorists were identified as Abdul Salam, Dawood Chishti and Ali Khan.

A spokesperson of the CTD said that the arrested ‘terrorists’ have allegedly planned to target sensitive installations in Lahore.

Read More: CTD guns down two alleged terrorists in KP’s Tank

Earlier on January 28, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police had claimed to have killed two alleged terrorists associated with a banned outfit in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

According to a spokesperson of police, taking action on a tip-off, the officials of CTD had signalled a vehicle to stop on Tatoor Road in Tank but the militants on board the vehicle had opened fire on the police.

The police personnel had effectively responded and killed two alleged terrorists in retaliatory fire, the spokesperson had added.