Chief Minister Punjab, Sardar Usman Buzdar, has revealed to have arrested all suspects involved in the Johar Town blast that killed at least three people and injured several others last week.
Buzdar made this announcement at an important news conference earlier today. The Chief Minister’s remarks came after the key suspect in the blast was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department from Rawalpindi.
CM Punjab said that ‘anti-Pakistan agencies’ were involved in the Lahore blast. He was flanked by the Provincial Law Minister, Raja Basharat, his special assistant on Information, Dr. Firdaus Ashiq Awan, and the Inspector General Punjab Police, Inam Ghani.
“Terrorists responsible for the Johar Town bomb blast in Lahore have been arrested,” said the Chief Minister. “An anti-Pakistan agency is involved in the bomb blast,” he added.
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Buzdar maintained that Pakistan’s security agencies, including CTD Punjab, had traced all the culprits involved in the incident within 16 hours of the blast. He appreciated CTD Punjab for pursuing the case with professional expertise to expose the anti-state elements behind this attack.
“All local and international characters behind the blast were identified by the CTD Punjab. I want to inform our friends in the media that we have conducted raids across the country, in just a span of four days, to arrest the terrorists involved in the incident.”
Calling it a ‘significant achievement’ of the Punjab government, Buzdar noted that all those directly or indirectly involved in the terrorist attack have been arrested within four days of the incident.
Those who had sold, and bought the car, planted explosives, and parked it in the area, had all been arrested.
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He said that the government had collected all evidence based on which he could say that an “anti-state agency is directly involved in the terrorist incident and had provided financial support” to elements behind the Johar Town blast.
“I want to inform you that the Punjab government has traced all high-profile cases in the province and arrested their suspects,” he added.
Delving into details, the Punjab Police Chief, Inam Ghani, said that the CTD Punjab was able to arrest culprits within hours of the incident. He said the police ascertained how the car (used in the blast) was bought and through which means.
“We have arrested the main linchpin who had the blast carried out in Pakistan. We have arrested the ones who were used in Pakistan to conduct the blast, those who bought the car and repaired it as well, are also under arrest,” he revealed.
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The Police Chief said that a total of ten Pakistani citizens, both men, and women, have been arrested in connection with the blast. Further, the CTD department has also identified people of the foreign agency directly connected to the incident.
“We have shared [the information] with our intelligence agencies in this regard. A JIT has also been constituted under the Chief Minister’s directives, to investigate the case further,” he added.