Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab has successfully foiled the Indian terrorist plot to blow up the Lahore Civil Secretariat, saving hundreds of precious human lives.
According to details, a CTD-led intelligence-based operation conducted on Wednesday resulted in the arrest of 5 RAW-backed Afghan nationals from a warehouse in the Shahdra area.
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CTD officials seized a hand grenade, pistols, ammunition, sketches of the Civil Secretariat and Lahore High Court, fake Pakistani identity cards, Afghan identity documents, mobile phones containing videos and photos, and Pakistan and Afghan currency during the operation.
Indian visa applications were also recovered from the warehouse, suggesting the terrorists had planned to visit India for further training after executing this activity.
During interrogation, the India-backed terrorists disclosed they were an hour away from detonating an improvised explosive device (IED) in front of the Peoples House Gate of the Civil Secretariat at the time of its closing.
They also revealed that RAW officials based in Afghanistan are the mastermind of this plot who had paid them 200,000 Afghani in advance and had promised them millions after successful execution of the plan.
A CTD spokesperson said the arrested terrorists are the children of Afghan refugees and originally belonged to Jalalabad, Afghanistan but were raised in Pakistan.
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A case has been registered in the CTD Police Station against the terrorists on the charges of terrorism, possession of explosives, and weapons for the commission of offenses of terrorism and getting funds for terrorism financing.
This isn’t the first instance where India-sponsored terrorists have been arrested inside Pakistan. Last month, Pakistan had unveiled a dossier, containing irrefutable evidence of India’s sponsorship of terrorism in the country and called on the international community to take notice and make efforts for peace and stability in South Asia.
