Police in Pakistan’s east Punjab province arrested 10 terrorists including a commander of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the counter-terrorism Department (CTD) said.
The Counter Terrorism Department in a statement said it conducted 117 intelligence-based operations in different districts of Punjab during this week, in which 117 people were interrogated, and 10 terrorists were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials.
The arrests were made when the CTD launched separate operations across the province by acting on intelligence reports regarding the presence of the terrorists, the CTD said in a statement released on Saturday.
The TTP commander, who was detained with his four accomplices in one of the raids, was planning to attack some sensitive installations in the province, but timely action taken by the CTD foiled the terror bid, said the statement.
The law enforcement agency also seized explosive material, hand grenades, weapons, mobile phones and cash from the possession of the arrested terrorists.
The identities of the other five terrorists were not revealed in the statement. The arrested militants were shifted to unknown locations for further investigation.
