Two ‘Sindhudesh’ militants held in Rangers attack case

Published March 17, 2021
The arrested suspects were later identified as Sadiq and Mukhtiar while arms and a hand grenade were also recovered from their possession. —  AFP/File
The arrested suspects were later identified as Sadiq and Mukhtiar while arms and a hand grenade were also recovered from their possession. — AFP/File

KARACHI: The Sindh police’s Counter-Terrorism Department on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two suspected militants allegedly involved in attacks on the Pakistan Rangers and law-enforcement agencies’ personnel, said a statement.

It said that a raid led by SSP CTD Arif Aziz was carried out in Saadi Town which led to the arrest of two suspects. The arrested suspects were later identified as Sadiq and Mukhtiar while arms and a hand grenade were also recovered from their possession.

“The suspects were involved in killing a constable in Kandhkot,” said the statement. “They are associated with the Asghar Shah alias Sajjad Shah group of Sindhudesh Liberation Army (SRA), who were supplied arms by another banned outfit the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) terrorists.”

Earlier, Sepoy Roshan Ali Shaheed of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh who was martyred in Monday’s bomb blast near a Rangers vehicle in Orangi Town was laid to rest with full military honours after his Namaz-i-Janaza in Karachi on Tuesday.

“The martyred Sepoy’s funeral prayer (Namaz-i-Janaza) was attended by Corps Commander Karachi, Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum, Director General Rangers Sindh, Senior civil and military officials and relatives of Shaheed,” said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release.

“The Shaheed was buried with full military honour. Sepoy Roshan Ali embraced Shahadat in Orangi Town Karachi due to bomb blast near Rangers vehicle. The Shaheed belonged to village Budhal Khan Solangi, District Naushahro Feroze and has four sons and a daughter.”

Published in Dawn, March 17th, 2021

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