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CTD Foils Karachi Rail Plot, Arrests Five Linked to BRG

Investigators now pursue facilitators after suspects confessed to earlier rail attacks.

Overview

  • Sindh CTD carried out an intelligence-led raid with Rangers and a federal civilian agency to pre-empt an attack on Karachi railway tracks.
  • Explosives, IEDs, weapons and ammunition were seized from suspects identified as Jhanoor, Ali Jan, Noor Muhammad, Jamak and Niaz.
  • Interrogation findings link the group to low-intensity blasts on tracks in Jacobabad and Shikarpur and to the Jaffar Express attack on October 7, 2025.
  • Officials say the cell trained in Lehri, Balochistan, and used family members to transport explosives to evade detection.
  • Authorities allege ties to an Indian-backed network and to a January seizure of about 2,000 kg of explosives, with teams now tracing facilitators and financiers.