Senior Lashker-e-Taiba(LeT) commander and suspected Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi has been arrested in a crackdown by Pakistani security forces in PoK, as the Army launched an operation against banned militant groups.pak Mumbai terror mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi arrested
Besides Lakhwi, over 20 members of the LeT and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawah were also arrested during a raid by army troops on Monday on a militant camp in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK), the Dawn newspaper and other sources said. Some TV channels put the number of arrested militants at 15.
Sources as well as media reports said Lakhwi, described as a top operations commander of LeT, was among the arrested.
The whereabouts of the arrested militants could not be immediately ascertained.
The security forces sealed a large LeT complex and a madrassa affiliated to the organisation following the operation in Shawai Nullah, five kilometres northwest of PoK capital Muzaffarabad.
The Pakistan government and military maintained silence on the crackdown throughout the day and a brief statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations on Monday night confirmed that an operation by law enforcement agencies was underway against outlawed militant groups.
“This is an intelligence-led operation against banned militant outfits and organizations. There have been arrests and investigations are on. Further details will be available on completion of preliminary inquiries,” said the statement, which did not name the arrested persons.
The arrests took place as international pressure mounted on Pakistan to take action against the banned LeT, seen as the prime suspect in the deadly Mumbai siege.
Besides Lakhwi, over 20 members of the LeT and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawah were also arrested during a raid by army troops on Monday on a militant camp in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK), the Dawn newspaper and other sources said. Some TV channels put the number of arrested militants at 15.
Sources as well as media reports said Lakhwi, described as a top operations commander of LeT, was among the arrested.
The whereabouts of the arrested militants could not be immediately ascertained.
The security forces sealed a large LeT complex and a madrassa affiliated to the organisation following the operation in Shawai Nullah, five kilometres northwest of PoK capital Muzaffarabad.
The Pakistan government and military maintained silence on the crackdown throughout the day and a brief statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations on Monday night confirmed that an operation by law enforcement agencies was underway against outlawed militant groups.
“This is an intelligence-led operation against banned militant outfits and organizations. There have been arrests and investigations are on. Further details will be available on completion of preliminary inquiries,” said the statement, which did not name the arrested persons.
The arrests took place as international pressure mounted on Pakistan to take action against the banned LeT, seen as the prime suspect in the deadly Mumbai siege.
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