The security agencies have arrested Afghan gangs involved in collecting heavy amounts of ransom in US dollars from well-heeled Pakistani businessmen for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), sources said. The TTP agents, during the preliminary grilling, disclosed the presence of top TTP commanders in Afghanistan, saying that Abdur Razzaq, a key commander of the TTP, had asked them to collect names and basic information of the families of top traders of Pakistan. These traders were to be contacted from an Afghanistan number and handsome amount, after making threats of kidnapping or killing of their family members, was to be demanded.
The sources said the security agencies have detected their telephonic contacts with TTP commanders. The TTP agents have been shifted to an unknown place for investigation.
September 24, 2023
Source: The News International