Police find clues in poll related violent incidents, one arrested

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Police claimed to have detected people involved in a wave of ongoing poll-related violent incidents that are targeting offices of political parties in the metropolis.

Talking to Geo news on Sunday, DIG West Zafar Iqbal Bukhari said that an accused involved in the bomb explosions has been arrested.

He said that the accused is a former activist of a political party and now carrying out terrorist activities with Naeem Bukhari, who the police official said is a member of Jihadi group of banned Lashkar e Jhangvi (LeJ).

Bukhari told Geo news that ‘Chingchi rickshaw’ was used for carrying out the bomb explosion that occurred on April 26 at the corner meeting of Awami National Party (ANP) in Mominabad area.

He said that another banned organization was involved in the explosion while the accused involved in the incident has been identified.

He said that one accused has been arrested whose another attempt to carry out terrorist activity in Khwaja Ajmeer Nagri was foiled.

The DIG West said that teams have been constituted to detect clues in twin blast that took place on Saturday night in Azizabad area.