KARACHI: Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Investigation Police unit onTuesday arrested a terrorists of the banned Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP)in a raid carried out on a secret tip off.

According to CTD officials, Dr Abdul Rehman accumulated funds for TTP tocarry out terrorism related activities and he had been trained inAfghanistan for warfare and plotting, Daily Times has reported.

“Arrested suspect was collecting funds for terrorists and was staying in alocal mosque in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi,” said SSP CTDInvestigation Junaid Sheikh.

During preliminary investigation, the arrested suspect confessed that hewas also assigned the duty, alongside amassing crooked capitol, to lookafter injured militants of the TTP.

In a different raid, CTD successfully seized two suspected members of TTP,Hamidulla and Inam, who during initial interrogation admitted that theywere sent to Karachi to plot against national law and order.

CTD also interrogation Shafiq alias Kala in a case pertaining to an ambushon Sindh Rangers the previous month that resulted in the martyrdom ofRangers Sargeant Ilyas, and left Ibrahim and Ameer injured. Shafiq, who wasoriginally arrested by Rangers, admitted to be a part of militant group ofMQM Haqiqi faction.

According to IO CTD Chaudry Safdar, Shafiq was wanted in over 23 criminalcases including extortion, murder and terrorism.