*KARACHI: Karachi police chief Ameer Sheikh on Friday announcedbreakthrough in the investigations of the Chinese Consulate terror attack. *
*He said that the law enforcement agency has apprehended a number ofsuspects for their involvement in the November 23 attack on ChineseConsulate in Karachi and investigation revealed that the attack wassponsored by India.*
Addressing a press conference, the Karachi police chief told media that thethree terrorists who stormed the embassy stayed in a house in the city’sBaldia Town area along with their four facilitators, all of whom have beenarrested.
“Arms and ammunition were brought through train and kept in the same housein Baldia Town where the terrorists stayed with their facilitators and camefrom on the day of the attack,” Ameer Sheikh told media.
The police officer said that the railway department and the FederalInvestigation Agency (FIA) too should look into the matter as apart fromtransferring arms through railways , the terrorists and their facilitatorsheld identity cards bearing different names and were able to get a house inBaldia Town on rent through the fake NIC.
“This a cause for concern as one of them held four identity cards bearingdifferent names,” said Sheikh.
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About the attack’s planning and planners, the Karachi police chief saidthat the planning was done in Afghanistan under the then Baloch LiberationArmy (BLA) leader Aslam alias Acchu along with four other men, all of whomwere his relatives.
“The attack was India-sponsored,” announced Ameer Sheikh, adding that theterrorist attack was aimed at damaging the China Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) and the friendly relations between the two countries.
About the attack’s mastermind Aslam Acchu’s reported death, the policeofficer maintained that the news is not confirmed as Aslam Acchu hadhimself spread such news in past.
“He may have been alive and in hiding. We cannot say anything decisivelyuntil we see his dead body or some concrete evidence,” said Ameer Sheikh.
