| I think the headline should read "Sipah-e-Sahaba terrorist 'arrested'" |
A team of Mandi Bahauddin police headed by Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Aslam Bhatti on Sunday arrested a ‘wanted terrorist’ from the defunct Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan after a two-hour long shootout.Bhatti told Daily Times that Muhammad Saleem alias Hafiz Bilal, a resident of Gujranwala, worked for the defunct militant organisation Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan. He said Saleem had planted a four-kilogramme improvised explosive device at the Bab-al-Imran imambargah in Malakwal on June 30, 2006. “The Malkwal police had registered a case against unknown culprits under Section 7 of the Anti Terrorist Act (ATA),” he said.
On Sunday, the SDPO said, police received information about some proclaimed offenders hiding in a house in Malakwal. “A police team raided the house and arrested Saleem and Shahid alias Shahdoo, who was wanted in several murder cases, after a two-hour long shootout,” he said. Police have seized two Kalashnikov rifles and more than 2,000 bullets from the arrested. Authorities had announced a Rs 500,000 reward for Saleem’s arrest.