Five ‘TTP men’ killed trying to attack Rao Anwaar

Karachi
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwaar escaped an attempt on his life on Saturday when the terrorists allegedly of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked his convoy at the Sohrab Goth link road.
However, in the fierce retaliation which followed the attack five TTP militants were killed by his team and weapons and explosives were also recovered from them. However, five others manages to escape.
Outgoing SSP Malir Rao Anwar while talking to The News said on Saturday evening he had planned to visit the scene where DSP Fateh Sanghri had been killed a day earlier on Friday.
He said the deceased DSP had worked under his supervision when he had been posted as SSP Malir.
He said when his convoy was driving at the link road in Sohrab Goth, armed terrorists in a car and motorcycles tried to lob hand grenades which slightly damaged an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC).
SSP Anwar said in immediately took position and an encounter followed during which the policemen chased the suspects and managed to arrest five in injured condition while their five companions escaped.
He said the police also took into custody the car and two motorcycles under the terrorists’ use and shifted the men to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where all of them were pronounced dead. He said two sub machine guns (SMGs), three 9mm pistols and four hand grenades were found from their possession.
He stated that the deceased suspects were members of the banned TTP but identities were not yet determined.
SSP Malir Rao Anwar was suspended on Thursday, hours after he had alleged in a press briefing that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) maintains connections with India’s spy agency RAW.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah took notice of this unusual press conference and abuse of authority, following which IG Sindh suspended SSP Rao late on Thursday night and ordered him to report to the Central Police Office.
IG Sindh had initially given SSP East Peer Muhammad Shah additional charge of District Malir. But on Friday, r Muhammad Najeeb Khan has been named as the new SSP for the district.
At the press conference, Rao had presented two alleged terrorists who he claimed belonged to the MQM. The official further claimed that the MQM was actively working against Pakistan.
“Key MQM leaders have connections with RAW,” he said, adding that the arrested MQM workers had received training from India’s spy agency RAW. The SSP said he had evidence to support his claims, including their passports and their statements.
“MQM workers from every sector go to India for training via Bangkok,” he said.
“They confessed and said they were ashamed for betraying their country,” he said.
The SSP recommended the MQM be banned in Pakistan.
“They are not a political party but a terrorist party,” said Rao. He went on to add that he knew he was on MQM’s hit-list but wasn’t afraid of speaking to the media about his findings.
Talking to the media with a cloth placed over his head, one of the suspects confessed that he fled to Bangkok after the 1992 operation against the party.
“From Bangkok we were asked to fly to India where we received weapons training and then through Azad Kashmir we came to Lahore,” the suspect said, adding that he belonged to the MQM’s Lyari sector.