LAHORE: A suspected militant belonging to Al-Qaeda was picked up by a sensitive agency from a hostel of Punjab University (PU) on Tuesday.
It is learnt some personnel of the secret agency raided PU Hostel No. 1 New Campus on a tip off and captured the suspect who was living in room number 237 where a student Ahmed Sajjad belonging to Okara was boarding.
Sources said Ahmed Sajjad had been an activist of a student organization in the past but it had disowned him. They further said the hostel superintendent was not aware of the raid as permission was already sought from higher authorities of the varsity.
They added Ahmed Sajjad was MS student at the PU College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences. They also said Ahmed Sajjad was not present at the time of the raid. The sources also said the suspect has been shifted to some unknown location for interrogation.
They also said some plainclothesmen came in four vehicles around 4:00pm on Tuesday and nabbed the suspect. The sources also said hostel clerk Basharat was removed by the hostel superintendent almost three months back for his alleged role in accommodating outsiders at the varsity hostel.
They also alleged hostel warden Saeed Farooq did not inform the hostel superintendent of the entire episode. Sources in sensitive agency have also confirmed the report saying that during initial investigations his link with Al-Qaeda has been established. They also claimed that the suspect was on a suicidal mission. Further interrogation will reveal the suspect’s type of link with the organization and his intended mission. PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran did not attend the call.
