KARACHI: Counter Terrorism Department of the Sindh Police on Wednesday claimed to have apprehended seven suspected militants in different raids. CTD along with district administration and district police conducted a search operation of Al Kareem Islamic Academy, located in Hyder Chali in SITE area. CTD Intelligence SSP Omar Shahid Hamid said that the madrasah in question was affiliated and established by Mufti Shakir, a dangerous terrorist and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan who was responsible for a number of police killings in districts central and west in 2013 and 2014, including suspected involvement in the assassination of CTD SP Chaudhry Aslam. SSP Shahid further said that Mufti Shakir was revealed to be the mastermind behind the group that was neutralised by CTD on August 7 that had been planning large scale attacks in Karachi. He is also suspected to be behind at least one group that is involved in police killings in Karachi. Seven suspects have been detained and are being interrogated, SSP Shahid added. Published in Daily Times, August 10th 2017.