LAHORE: Police on Friday announced the arrest of the prime accused, wanted for nine years, in a case pertaining to a suicide attack on former military dictator Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi, according to Geo News report.
The accused, Salman Dar, was part of the most wanted list on the Red Book and had a head money of Rs500,000, police said.
He is accused of manufacturing three suicide vests for carrying out the attack. Dar also admitted to being a member of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Musharraf’s motorcade was hit by a suicide attack in Rawalpindi in Dec 2003, in which the former president escaped unhurt.
Reports indicate that they tried to breach one of gates, harassed staff, and even scaled walls of premises
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A fierce exchange of fire ensued, but culprits managed to escape under cover of darkness
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Bokhari emphasised that cases have been registered against "Fasadis", and no one will be spared
