The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday, apprehended a key member and nephew of Lyari gangwar’s Ustad Taju from site area.
According to CTD official Chaudhry Safdar, the suspect has confessed to being involved in 12 target killing incidents along with other violent crimes in the city.
Police sources say that the accused has admitted his involvement in Amjad Heroinee in 2010 in Naya Abad, an MQM’s member in Usmanabad in 2011, Iqbal ‘Kana’ in 2012 near Water Pump and the murder of Maqsood Gujrati and his associates.
The suspect is reported to have fled to Dubai after an extensive anti-terror operation was launched in the metropolitan city by law enforcement agencies back in 2013.
Police officials say that the
suspect was in contact with his uncle Ustad Taju who wants to reorganize and re-establish
his criminal organization in Lyari.