KARACHI: The prime suspect for the Sehwan bombing which killed 88 last week has been involved in a string of attacks in rural Sindh, including a suicide attack in 2015 at an Imam Bargah in Shikarpur.
The law enforcement agencies (LEAs) are vigorously looking for the mastermind behind the attack.
The name of Abdul Hafeez Pandrani, a resident of Abdul Khaliq Pandrani village of district Shikarpur, has surfaced in the investigation. He is the leader of the Hafeez Brohi group affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) but now is reported to have joined Daesh.
Speaking to journalists on Sunday, Sindh IG AD Khawaja said that Hafeez Brohi group’s role in the recent bombing cannot be ruled out. Intelligence agencies have arrested six suspected of facilitating the Sehwan blast, according to reports.
Pandrani, who belongs to the Brohi tribe, is named in the seventh edition of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Sindh, Red Book. The 35-year-old most-wanted terrorist, whose details are mentioned on page number 57 of the Red Book, is affiliated with banned LeJ.
He was also the key contact of LeJ Chief Asif Chotu, who was killed in an alleged encounter with CTD Punjab on January 18, this year. Chotu and Pandrani were responsible for carrying out deadly attacks in Shikarpur and other parts of interior Sindh.
Pandrani’s name also came up in the suicide bombing inside the Imam Bargah Karbala-e-Mualla of Lakkhi Dar, Shikarpur, on January 30, 2015, which killed 61.
