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Fazlullah’s deputy held in Battagram, weapons seized
 
July 10, 2012
 
 

BATTAGRAM : A key militant commander and right hand of fugitive cleric, Maulvi Fazlullah, was arrested along with an aide and weapons were recovered from their possession. Talking to media persons here, DPO Ghulam Hussain said Qari Basit and his aide Ihazul Haq were arrested in Kocgage area of Battagram. He said a huge cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered from their possession which included an anti-aircraft gun, 7 Kalashnikovs, 115 Kg explosive material, 22 hand-grenades.

, 22 suicide jackets and four pressure-cooker bombs. He said Basit was Fazlullah’s commander for Battagram, Mansehra and adjacent areas and planned attack on Ameer Muqam, a senior politician now in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. 

 
 
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