*KARACHI: ** TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan managed to escape fromcustody of security forces in Pakistan.*
Ehsanullah Ehsan, the former spokesperson of outlawed Tehreek-e-TalibanPakistan (TTP), escaped from the custody of security forces during anintelligence-based operation being carried out on information extractedfrom him, *The Express Tribune* learnt on Friday.
Sources privy to the development said that Ehsanulla voluntarilysurrendered to the country’s intelligence agencies on February 5, 2017.However, he started sharing sensitive information even before his arrest,they added.
After initial interrogation, Ehsan, who was also the spokesperson for TTP’sJamaatul Ahrar faction, recorded his confessional statement on April 26,2017. He revealed details pertaining to his handlers and facilitatorsduring interrogation.
Sources also revealed that the former TTP spokesperson condemned terroristacts and extremist ideology during captivity.
He shared “extremely sensitive and important information” during theinterrogation, which led security forces to break Jamaatul Ahrar’s nationaland international terror networks, they said. Several terrorists belongingto the proscribed outfit were also arrested as a result of intel providedby him, they added.
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Ehsanullah was to be taken to book, but extracting information to take allongoing anti-terrorism operations to their logical conclusion was necessary.
“Some operations are still underway based on information shared byEhsanullah,” said the sources, adding that during such an operation, heescaped from his captivity.
All terrorists and extremists, including Ehsanullah, would be taken to thetask, said the sources.
