LAHORE: Punjab Police\u2019s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the deadly blast in Lahore\u2019s crowded Anarkali area earlier this year, it emerged on Tuesday. On January 20, three people were killed and over 30 injured in the blast in Lahore\u2019s Anarkali bazaar, which law enforcement agencies had initially believed was a gas cylinder explosion. Subsequent investigations determined that it was a bomb blast. The Baloch Nationalist Army, a newly emerged terror outfit, had claimed responsibility for the blast. The Punjab police on Tuesday said the \u201cterrorist network\u201d was busted through the services of the Safe City Authority, intelligence and other technical methods. Onlline
\nIn a statement, it said the two suspects, identified as Sana Ullah and Abdul Razziq, were arrested when they reached Lahore from Balochistan via truck. It added that the pair was planning to conduct two bomb blasts in Lahore in a single day.
\nTwo detonators for prepared improved explosive devices, a primacord, remote control and batteries were recovered from the individuals, the police said.
\n\u201cThe terrorist links go back to an anti-state agency. Anti-state elements in a neighbouring country got this blast carried out after planning,\u201d the police said.
\nSeparately, a press release later issued by the CTD said the two confessed to their involvement in the Anarkali blast and subsequently, a first information report was registered at the CTD police station in Lahore.
\nThe CTD said that all the main suspects of the blast had been arrested and the department\u2019s investigation team would \u201cleave no stone unturned\u201d to ensure their conviction through a legal process.
\nIn March, six terrorists linked to the blast were killed during an exchange of fire in the general area of Nagao Mountains in Balochistan\u2019s Sibi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE: Punjab Police\u2019s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the deadly blast in Lahore\u2019s crowded Anarkali area earlier this year, it emerged on Tuesday. On January 20, three people were killed and over 30 injured in the blast in Lahore\u2019s Anarkali bazaar, which law enforcement agencies had initially believed was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-261065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n