Three militants, five alleged facilitators held in Charsadda

CHARSADDA: The security forces arrested three alleged militants and five facilitators in two separate raids during separate actions in the limits of Saro and Mandani police stations on Tuesday, official sources said.

The sources said that five facilitators of militants including three women were arrested in the limits of Saro Police Station. The sources said that the arrested persons included a mother and her daughter identified as Naseema and Sania, Noor Jehan Begum, Sarhad and Kamil. The arrested persons allegedly facilitated militants in their terror activities in the district.

In another action in the limits of Mandani Police Station, the security forces arrested three militants identified as Imdadullah, Hashim Khan and Muhammad Nabi. The suspects were shifted to an undisclosed location for an interrogation soon after their arrest.