*QUETTA: *Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Balochistan has made a bigbreakthrough and has arrested top commander of Lashkar e Jhangvi inBalochistan.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) CTD Aitzaz Ahmed Goraya said in a pressconference on Wednesday that the CTD had arrested a top “wanted” militantof the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) al-Alami from the outskirts of Quetta.
DIG Goraya said that the department received a tip-off and consequently acompound was raided in Hazarganji where the militant was hiding.
“We have taken the militant into custody who was involved in a largenumber of targeted killings and is a key leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvial-Alami,” said the DIG. The arrested suspect is said to be Qari Ismailalias Khalid, according to the press conference.
Ismail allegedly confessed during his initial interrogation that he wasinvolved in 15 incidents of targeted killings, which also included attackson security forces and Hazaras.
A large number of arms and ammunition was recovered from the militant’shideout, added the CTD DIG.