KARACHI: Security forces on Thursday killed a commander of the terror banned outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Qari Bilal, in Karachi’s Manghopir area, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported.
DIG West Javed Odho said that TTP commander was involved in the murder of Parveen Rehman, a social worker who was shot dead in Larachi on Wednesday.
In a targeted operation in Karachi’s Korangi industrial area’s Mehran Town locality, Rangers personnel arrested 26 suspected militants, including three activists of banned outfits.
Paramilitary forces sieged Mehran Town at 4:00 in the morning and blocked its entry and exit points. They refused to let people enter the area and also imposed restrictions on anyone leaving. Later, they conducted house-to-house searches in the locality.
Several suspects, including some from banned groups, were detained during the operation, sources said. Moreover, caches of weapons were recovered during the raids.
DND
