LAHORE: *Terrorist incidents in Punjab drastically reduced by 90% in 2019,reveals CTD Punjab report. *
*T*errorist incidents in Punjab have been decreased by 90 percent during2019, reveals Punjab Counter Terrorism Department. Punjab Inspector Generalof Police (IGP) Shoaib Dastgir on Sunday visited Counter-TerrorismDepartment (CTD) headquarters in Lahore.
During his visit to the CTD Headquarters, CTD Additional IG Muhammad TahirRai told him that terrorist incidents in Punjab have been decreased by 90percent during 2019.
He said that during the last 11 months, 281 cases have been registeredagainst terrorists and facilitators and 310 terrorists and theirfacilitator have been arrested.
The additional IG revealed that challan of 267 accused have been submittedinto courts among them 136 accused have been awarded sentences by the courtwhereas the rest of the cases of the accused are under hearing.
“Five suicide jackets, 100 kg ammunition material, 125 hand grenades, 200detonators, 15 Kalashnikovs, multiple pistols and bullets have beenrecovered from them,” he said, adding that 173 accused have been arrestedfor providing financial support to the terrorists and 12 million rupeesterror fund has been recovered from them.
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Shoaib Dastagirlink was given aguard of honor at the CPO Office upon his arrival for assuming charge ofthe office.
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