Sindh Police arrest Taliban terrorists involved in Abbas Town attack

The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Sindh Police has claimed to have arrested four members of the outlawed terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) including the alleged master mind of the Abbas Town blast, which claims live of more than 54 people belongs from both Shia and Sunni communties.

The CID police revealed the arrests of Aslam Mehsud and his three accomplices during a press conference at the CID office in Garden.
According to officials, Aslam Mehsud, Abbas Khan, Rasool Khan and Ali Zaman, who belong to the TTP’s Khan Zaman Group, were arrested by the CID from Sultanabad, within the limits of Manghopir police station. The officials also recovered 125 kilograms of explosives along with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, eight hand-grenades and three pistols from their possession.
The police said that during the initial questioning, the suspects disclosed their relations with the TTP.
Police claimed Mehsud was the master mind of the Abbas Town blast and also heads the TTP militant wing in Karachi, the Khan Zaman group. Officials added that Mehsud had admitted that it was him who provided explosives and vehicles that were used in the Abbas town blasts. He was wanted by the CID police in a number of cases under the explosive act.
More than 54 people were martyred and about 180 injured in the deadly blast at Abbas town,which also destroyed the homes and shops of the people,