Terrorist involved in over 50 murders, attack on intelligence agency office killed along with accomplice in Chiniot

CHINIOT/LAHORE, Dec 23 (SABAH): The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday claimed to have killed a terrorist allegedly linked to over 50 murders and an attack on an intelligence agency office.

According to a CTD statement, the intelligence-based operation took place in Chiniot.

The spokesperson mentioned that during the CTD action, the alleged terrorist and his accomplice resisted, leading to an exchange of fire between CTD personnel and the “terrorists”. Both were killed in the exchange of fire.

The spokesperson revealed that the suspect, with a bounty of Rs2.5 million on his head, had been in hiding since 2011, evading security agencies.

During the operation, law enforcement recovered modern weapons and explosives from the hideout where he was located.

The statement noted that the terrorist operated under various aliases within his network and had been responsible for the targeted killing of multiple people as well as attack on the office of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in Faisalabad.

The CTD said that the elimination of the figure was expected to result in a noticeable decrease in terrorist activities.

The CTD has been undertaking operations province-wide in response to terror threats, making arrests and neutralising criminal elements through IBOs in recent months.