CIA Police on Wednesday arrested a man, who pretended to be a representative of the banned militant organisation Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab and had been demanding Rs 30 million as protection money from a trader of Misri Shah Area. As per details a local businessman of Misri Shah Area namely Rehan filed a complaint with Misri Shah Police claiming that he had received a threat letter from a Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab on February 19, 2012 in which the writer had demanded him to deposit Rs 30 million in their account. He, while quoting the menacing letter said that the terrorist of Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab threatened to blow his house if he would have had contacted the police. He claimed that following the letter, he received several calls from different unknown numbers at his cell phone. He said that the caller had asked him to follow the instructions and in case of denial had threatened him for dire consequences. Rehan claimed that some unknown men planted explosive material outside his house on March 10 which had gone off after he had not acted upon the instructions of the callers. He said that following the blast, he had received another call in which terrorists had threatened to blow his house again if he had not acted upon on their instructions. Misri Shah Police on Rehan’s complaint registered a case number 200/2012 under sections 386 and 25-D and started probing into the matter. The case was immediately marked to the staff of CIA because of the involvement of the name of Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab. The staff of CIA in the leadership of SP CIA Malik Liaqat immediately collected the record of the mobile number from which Rehan was receiving threats and arrested an accused namely Khizar Shahzad, a resident of Garhi Shaho Area. The police also recovered different mobile sims from his possession. Further investigations are underway.