Abbas Town blast: Main Culpirts remanded till April 20

Aslam Mehsud and his apprentices, members of the outlawed Wahabi-deobandi terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were presented before an Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi on Saturday. The terrorists who are involved in the Abbas Town attacks on March 3 have been remanded till April 20. On Friday, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Sindh Police claimed to have arrested four members of TTP including the alleged master mind of the Abbas Town blast, which claimed lifes of more than 54 people and injured 180 people in the deadliest blast. 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.