The network involved in the attack on Karachi Police Office exposed

Karachi: When the state writ starts to weaken, terrorists and other criminal elements start to become powerful, which is seen in practice every day in different cities of Pakistan. It is better because the delay is making the situation worse.

Something similar happened in Karachi, the biggest city of the country, in the past few days. On February 17, 2023, last month, 3 terrorists attacked the Karachi Police Office on Shariah Faisal FTC Flyover Sadar Police Station in Shahr Quaid, taking advantage of the lack of police security measures and entered the highly sensitive building while firing. .

On this information, the police and Rangers gave an immediate and decisive response to the terrorists and bravely fought the terrorists and killed 2 terrorists in a fierce exchange of fire, while one terrorist blew himself up near the Karachi Police Chief’s office. Blown away.

In the attack on the Karachi Police Office, 5 people including a Rangers officer and 3 police personnel were martyred while 19 people were injured.

After this terrorist attack, many questions were raised on the security and along with this, the secret intelligence network of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the Special Branch was also questioned that the terrorists not only They continued to raid the Karachi Police Office till day, but they also managed to enter it by being an attacker, while on the other hand, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has also accepted the formal responsibility of the attack on the Karachi Police Office.

Two of the terrorists killed in the attack on the Karachi police office were identified as Zala Noor and Kifayatullah, while the third terrorist who blew himself up was later identified as Yasir. And he is said to belong to Afghanistan and that is why the investigating authorities initially faced difficulties in identifying him as his records were not forthcoming due to lack of identity card.

The police also recovered the car used by the slain terrorists and along with the search for its owner, the CCTV footages of the routes through which the terrorists reached the Karachi Police Office were also started. Later, the police, Rangers and other law enforcement agencies became active in searching for other characters connected to the network of the slain terrorists, and after about 23 days of hard fighting and secret surveillance, they achieved significant success at the Karachi Police Office. The mastermind of the attack was traced.

On the night of 12th and 13th March 2023, CTD killed 2 terrorists and arrested 2 other accomplices during the encounter at My Gadi area of ​​Manghopir and in this regard, Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon told CTD office. I informed the details about the competition while holding a press conference along with Additional IGC TD Imran Yakub Minhas and other officers.

On this occasion, he appreciated the efforts of the police, Rangers and other law enforcement agencies for killing the mastermind of the attack on the Karachi Police Office along with his accomplice and arresting the other 2 accomplices and once again reiterated his determination. The war will continue till the last terrorist is killed and the sacrifices of police, rangers and other law enforcement officers and men who laid down their lives for peace will not be allowed to go in vain at any cost. .

Sindh Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that after the attack on the Karachi Police Office, a special team consisting of CTD, federal sensitive agencies and other law enforcement agencies was formed to dismantle this network. This network was successfully detected.

Information was received that this network of terrorists was hiding in the border area of ​​Karachi and Balochistan, which assisted, planned and carried out the operation of suicide bombing and attack on Karachi Police Office. was

On which CTD and sensitive agencies strengthened the spying network against the said group and it was reported from a secret source that more terrorists of this network will enter Karachi through the dirt roads of the hub.

After which 4 terrorists riding on 2 motorcycles entered from the dirt roads, CTD team signaled them to stop at Manghopir Mai vehicle, then the terrorists started firing at the police, but they retaliated. In the exchange, 2 terrorists were killed while 2 were arrested.

The terrorists killed in the encounter with the police were identified as Aryadullah alias Hassan and Waheedullah alias Khalid alias Huzaifa, who were the masterminds of the Karachi Police Office attack, while the arrested terrorists were identified as Abdul Aziz and Mehran Ali. was done in the name of who was waiting for a signal from his masters to plan another major terrorist attack in Shahr-e-Quaid.

The terrorists who were killed in the encounter are residents of Ahsanabad near the Super Highway and the arrested terrorists are residents of Gulshan Hadid Phase II and Shah Latif Town, who went to Balochistan and went into hiding after the attack on the Karachi Police Office. During the investigation, the terrorists have revealed that they and the terrorists who were killed are related to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the vehicle used in the attack was bought for 1 million rupees from a showroom in Hub Chowki a day before the attack. went while the money to buy the car was provided by the terrorists Ariadullah and Abdul Waheed who were killed in the police encounter.

The terrorists who attacked the Karachi police office came to Karachi by buses a week ago and the dead terrorists remained hidden in the house of Abdul Aziz in Ahsanabad, while the weapons, jackets and other weapons used in the attack were sent to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by trucks. It was brought from Tank area to Karachi.

The attackers of the Karachi Police Office and the masterminds of the attack have reached their logical conclusion, but the need is that the police must make serious efforts to improve its secret intelligence network so that the same network Thanks to this, the nefarious intentions of the terrorists can be thwarted prematurely.

The police and other law enforcement agencies will have to sit tight and carry out a grand operation with zero tolerance against terrorists and other criminal elements in the troubled security situation in the motherland so that the country and its people sleep peacefully. can take and commercial activities can develop without fear and danger because this is the way, by following which not only the dream of establishing complete and lasting peace in the country can be realized but also the economic chaos can be controlled.