Five LeJ terrorists arrested for Shia killings in Karachi

Karachi Police has revealed the identity and plots of those 5 Deobandi terrorists of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi who were arrested from Super Highway. They had killed Shia Muslims and were planning to assassinate more Shias. Two of them are blood relatives of policemen.

The police said they had received intelligence that the LeJ militants were present at a place near Superhighway and were planning to assassinate an important personality from the Shia community. Those five arrested on Friday night were identified as Farhan Shaukat, Nasir Khan, Adnan Asif, Sardar Aijaz and Qaiser Saeed. The police seized one 9mm pistol, four 30-bore pistols and two motorcycles from their custody.
The Malir SSP claimed that the father of Farhan Shaukat, is a sub-inspector in the police department while his (Shaukat’s) brother is a police constable posted in the railways department.
Two brothers of Adnan, were police constables posted at the anti-car lifting cell of police.
The third Qaiser, was a watchman of a bungalow belonging to Karachi Port Trust.
During initial probe, the held militants revealed that their ringleader was Qari Amin who lived in Bhittai Colony near Korangi Crossing who “motivated them for jihad and carrying out targeted killings of members of Shia community”.
However, after killing of Qari Amin, Sardar Aijaz was appointed as local chief of LJ, revealed the SSP. Aijaz had established a team which carried out targeted killings They were planning to assassinate a personality belonging to the Shia community, said Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar Ahmed.