Yazidi takfiri of Sipah-e-Sahaba mastermind of attack on Ch Aslam arrested

KARACHI: The mastermind of terrorist attack on the CID police officer Chaudhry Aslam was arrested in Karachi on Thursday. He hails from outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a terrorist subsidiary of Yazidi takfiri nasbi Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASWJ).

Shiite News Correspondent reported here that law and enforcement agencies with the help of CID police arrested Mufti Shakirullah affiliated with banned terrorist outfit Lashkare-e-Jhangvi confessed his leading role in the assassination of Chaudhry Aslam.

Two terrorist outfits plotted the assassination of the SP Aslam Chaudhry. An operative of the banned LeJ namely Umar hatched the conspiracy who sought suicide bombers to launch the attack, according to Shakirullah.

First, Shakirullah offered himself but the plotters refused him as suicide bomber then he asked his pupil Naeem for the attack. The vehicle used in the attack was prepared in one of the go-downs of the area. The explosive laden vehicle was placed on the possible route of Aslam Chaudhry for three consecutive days. On the fateful day of January 9, Aslam Chaudhry adopted the route where the suicide vehicle was placed. First attempt was cancelled after the unavailability of f Naeemullah.

The same outfit was involved in the bomb attack on Shafique Tanoli, he revealed.
Second attack was to be launched on the hospital where Shafique was expected to be admitted, but he was taken to a private hospital and the plot to attack was cancelled.

Aslam Chaudhry close associate inspector Bahauddin Babar was also killed by the same gang. In the light of the revelation made by Shakirullah, police widened its net of investigation to nab more culprits.