*LAHORE: *Four alleged terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-TalibanPakistan (TTP) were arrested in a massive intelligence-based operation(IBO) conducted by the police’s counter-terrorism department (CTD) inMultan, thwarting plans of disrupting the coming general elections.

The suspected terrorists were preparing to attack the top leadership ofdifferent political parties in Multan in a bid to disrupt the July 25polls, the police claimed in a statement issued on Tuesday.

The raid was carried out on an intelligence tipoff about presence of fourterrorists of the proscribed organisation carrying arms and explosives onBypass Road near Bakhtawar Amin Hospital.

“After receiving the information, the CTD personnel launched a big IBOinvolving deployment of dozens of intelligence officers. They dug out thehideout of terrorists and reached at the said place [to arrest thesuspects],” the statement read.

Weapons including hand grenades and maps and TTP’s literature wererecovered from the suspects, identified as Abdul Salam, M Liaquat,Wajidullah and M Ahmed.

The CTD police are confident of further disclosures and preparing to carryout more raids on information being extracted from the ongoinginterrogation.