2 arrested in Pakistan for links to blast outside Hafiz Saeed’s house

LAHORE: Pakistani security agencies on Thursday arrested two suspects involved in the car blast outside the house of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned Jamat-ud-Dawa Hafiz Saeed, an official said. The crime investigation department has arrested two suspects, one of them a Christian, who had a connection with the sale and purchase of the car used for the blast, a CTD official said.

The official did not disclose the identity of the suspects. However, AP named one of the arrested as David Peter. Intelligence agencies have also arrested a man from the Lahore airport on the suspicion of his involvement in the blast, Geo News reported. Quoting police sources, the report said the man was asked to get off a Karachi-bound flight a few minutes before departure. He was taken to an undisclosed location for further probe, the report said. “We are getting a lead from the arrested persons to the main culprits,” the official said.

The arrests came after the security agencies conducted raids in cities across Punjab. An

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has been registered against “unknown terrorists” under terror and other charges, police said. Three persons were killed and 21 hurt in the car blast outside Saeed’s house in Lahore on Wednesday.