Illegal, Armed Occupants Living in PU hostels: VC
Lahore : 18 September : The Vice Chancellor of Punjab University Dr Mujahid Khan has revealed to that there were illegal armed occupants residing in the hostels of the varsity.
Dr Khan said these illegal occupants also had an extortion list. “One room was raided in the hostel and only a arrest was made. Mobile phones, list of Islami Jamiat Talba members, jihadi literature, NATO jacket, clothes and plastic gloves were recovered.”
Earlier, three suspects believed to be affiliated with the terrorists network Al-Qaeda were arrested from the Punjab University and Township area. According to sources, raids were conducted by intelligence agencies in the residential colony and a suspect was taken into custody. Agencies had received information that the suspect identified as Shehzad was a bomb making expert working for Al-Qaeda.
A retired doctor was also arrested from the Township area while his son was detained a few days earlier. Law enforcement agencies claimed that the father and son were involved in fund raising and logistic support for the Taliban.
Al-Qaeda suspect held: The law enforcement and intelligence agencies in a joint action apprehended an alleged activist of Al-Qaeda on Monday night.
Media reports said law enforcers nabbed the accused, who was a student in Science College Lahore, after he was found involved in suspicious activities leading to his links with Al-Qaeda.
Media reports suggested that the suspect’s father was an employee of Punjab University.
This is the second such arrest in under a week as an allegedly Al-Qaeda-affiliated man of Arab descent was picked up by agencies after a raid on one of Punjab University hostels on September 11, 2013.
According to media reports the held man led to the arrest of at least eight other accused.
Pictures of Aafia Siddiqui and other al-Qaeda leaders were also found hanging on the walls of the hostel room where he was staying. online.Daily times.
