The Pakistani pol-ice has detained another man on suspicion of having links with Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Sh-ahzad, who allegedly tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square in New York, from a market in the heart of the federal capital.
Over two dozen policemen, some in civilian cloth-es, raided the posh Kohsar Market on Friday night and took the man into custody, officials and a witness were quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper. The man put up some resistance, which led to an exchange of harsh words. He was handcuffed and taken in a vehicle to an undisclosed place. Before the raid, the police cordoned off the Sector F-6/3 area, which has several embassies and residences of diplomats.
According to witnesses, the man in his mid-30s came to the market at about 7 pm local time and sat in an open area. He remained busy with his cellphone, calling or sending messages, before the raid at about 10.30 pm, they said. A police official denied that any arrest had been made from Kohsar Market but said that security in and around Sector F-6/3 was tightened on Friday night and the police carried out snap checking.
Officials told the newspaper that the arrested man, who is yet to be identified, might be among some people picked up by an intelligence agency for alleged links with Faisal Shahzad, who has been held in the US in connection with the failed May 1 attack in Times Square. Media reports have said that the ISI is conducting the investigation into Shahzad’s links and contacts in Pakistan. There has been no official word on this issue. —PTI