NOWSHERA – Security forces late September 23 killed a key Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) commander and financier in Tar Khel village in Akora Khattak, Nowshera District police chief Muhammad Hussain told Central Asia Online September 24.
The dead militant, Jamaludin alias Qari Basit, was a key financier who provided logistical support for terrorist activities in settled areas of Khyber Pakhtunhkwa, including Peshawar, Hussain said, adding Jamaludin had close ties to the TTP’s kidnapping squad, controlled by the late Hakeemullah Mehsud.
Jamaludin, who also had the code name Jannat Gul, escaped in 2007 from Kohat Jail after drawing a 25-year sentence for terrorism. Hussain said Jamaludin and three accomplices killed three policemen at the Khyber College of Dentistry in August, freeing two jailed terrorist commanders whom the police had escorted there for dental treatment.
Police recovered substantial quantities of arms and ammunition, including hand grenades, after raiding Jamaludin’s hideout on the basis of a tip, Hussain said. His accomplices reportedly fled.
Meanwhile, police also arrested two suspected militants, Abu Saeed and Abu Musa, from the Jaloba area, Nowshera District.
