Police, CTD foil planned terrorist attack on Adiala Jail

A planned terrorist attack on Adiala Jail was successfully foiled by the police and the Cou­nter Terrorism Depart­ment (CTD), with three terrorists apprehended in a joint operation on Thursday night. 

The suspects were transferred to an undisclosed location after police reported recovering a huge amount of heavy ammunition and explosives from them.

Law enforcement authorities seized automatic weapons, hand grenades, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and jail maps, from the terrorists.

The CPO Rawalpindi Syed Khalid Ha­m­dani informed that a search operation was conducted this morning in the premises of the jail, housing prisoners at twice its capacity.

The top PTI leadership, including party founder Imran Khan, vice-chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and President Pervaiz Elahi are currently incarcerated in the Rawalpindi jail.

However, no further details regarding the operation were provided by the law enforcers.