TTP chief ‘booked’ in terrorism case after secret call leaked

ISLAMABAD: The chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Noor Wali Mehsud, has been booked in a terrorism case, ARY News reported citing sources.

The development came after a secret call between Mehsud and another TTP leader, Ahmad Hussain alias Ghut Hajji, was leaked. The call revealed plans to target government properties, schools, and hospitals in Pakistan.

Sources said that the leaked call which was declared authentic after forensic analysis, led to the registration of a case against Mehsud and others under anti-terrorism law at the CTD police station in North Waziristan.

The case was filed in response to attacks on a rural health center in Dera Ismail Khan and a girls’ school in Mir Ali, sources added.

Security sources have vowed to take action against those involved in the attacks.

Sources emphasized that those responsible for the attacks will not be spared and TTP will not be allowed to shed the blood of innocent people.

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Earlier, an alleged audio recording surfaced, attributed to Mehsud, who is reportedly in hiding in Afghanistan. In the recording, Mehsud purportedly directed attacks on hospitals, government buildings, and schools in Pakistan.

A leaked call between the leader of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Noor Wali and his associate revealed the plans to carry out terrorist attacks on schools, hospitals, and security forces.

The TTP leader, Noor Wali, can be heard directing his associate to target government schools and hospitals with explosives and not to claim responsibility for the attacks.

He also directed his sub-ordinate to attack the homes of police and military personnel, and to target schools and hospitals in order to create fear and chaos.

Noor Wali can be heard saying that on the call to blow up the houses of the police and army personnel who are on duty.

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