Intelligence agencies have arrested a man who could be a facilitator of the tragic Sehwan shrine bombing while conducting a raid in the Uthal area of Balochistan
The suspect, identified as Tahir, is accused of transporting the suicide bomber from Uthal to Sehwan, in Sindh.
He is also suspected of having worked for Hafeez Pandrani, a leader of the Hafeez Brohi group affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) who now is reported to have joined Daesh.
Police and intelligence agencies accuse Pandrani to be the mastermind of the Sehwan bombing
On February 16 this year, a suicide bomber struck the shrine of the revered saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Sindh, killing about 90 people and injuring many more.
Following the incident, intelligence agencies claimed to have arrested six suspected facilitators in operations conducted in the bordering areas of Sindh and Balochistan.
Sources said those arrested were involved in facilitating in the Sehwan blast and belong to the Hafeez Brohi group of LEJ.
Sources claimed that the suspects were involved in organising the proscribed Daesh’s network in the area.
Following the arrests, the tally of those arrested has been up to six.
Earlier, LEAs arrested a suspected facilitator of Sehwan shrine bombing from Khairpur, sources said.
The suspect, affiliated with the Hafeez Brohi group, was rounded up from a suburban area of Khairpur.
The group was previously affiliated with outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi but lately pledged allegiance to Daesh.
The same group is said to be behind the suicide attack at an imambargah in Shikarpur as well.
