KARACHI: The Sindh Counter-terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday arrested five members of the proscribed Baloch Republican Guard (BRG), who were allegedly planning to carry out an attack on railway tracks in Karachi.
In a press release, the department said that it conducted a joint intelligence-based operation (IBO) with rangers and the federal intelligence agency, “arresting five members of the BRG, and foiling a terrorist plan on railway tracks in Karachi”.
The CTD said, in its statement, that the group has carried out “six low-intensity explosions in Jacobabad, Shikarpur districts of Sindh, resulting in partial damage to the railway track and train carriage”.
It said that the group had claimed responsibility for the attacks on its social media accounts.
It added that the CTD, working in collaboration with the “civilian federal intelligence agency [..] identified the network and monitored them day and night”.
The CTD recovered explosives, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), weapons, and ammunition from the suspects.
