ISLAMABAD: Citing Kulbhushan Yadav as biggest proof, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said India was involved in every terrorist activity in Pakistan. Briefing press on internal security situation of country at joint press conference with Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD)’s ?Additional Inspector General ?Imran Mehmood, Sanaullah said Taliban chapter involved in terrorist activities in country was backed by India. He said that India was involved in bomb attack outside Hafiz Saeed’s residence and presence of police outside house halted bomber. Criticising India over atrocities in Kashmir, he said that neighbouring country inflicted worst cruelties on Kashmiris.

In the press conference today, IG Mehmood briefed on the investigation of the blast and revealed that the authorities had reached the culprits.

“Basically, at 9am on June 23, 2021, a bomb blast was reported in Lahore’s Johar Town. Three citizens were martyred and 22 were wounded in the blast. To date, no terrorist organisation has accepted responsibility for the attack,” he said.

The official recalled that the police had traced the suspect within 16 hours of the incident. “And within 24 hours we arrested three terrorists. “The first character was Peter Paul David who was caught through [the details] of his vehicle. Sajjad Hussain, who was arrested alongside, was David’s assistant,” he said.

Ziaullah, Mehmood continued, was arrested on Peter’s identification and “we found out that he was the main culprit behind the attack”. “Eid Gul and his wife were arrested after 5-6 days. Gul was the person who David gave the car to and he outfitted it with ammunition and bombs,” he said, adding that the video of the blast showed Gul coming out of the vehicle. After Gul’s interrogation, the CTD was finally able to arrest Sami ul Haq, who Mehmood claimed was the main handler of the RAW-sponsored terror activities in Pakistan. “Subsequently, we got Haq’s red warrants issued through Interpol. After that, purely on an intelligence and investigation basis, we were informed this person was entering Pakistan and we arrested him on April 22 along with his brother-in-law.”

Meanwhile, Sanaullah said that the Foreign Office would, henceforth, raise this matter before the world. “India will be exposed because there is clear evidence that it is directly involved.”

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 14 2022

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