Police make arrests in attack on Express News anchor
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 18 April 2014
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Police have arrested six suspects in connection with the attack on television anchor Raza Rumi. The mastermind of the attack is linked to the banned group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.Summary
LAHORE: A top police official said Friday that six people, among them the mastermind of the attack on prominent television anchor Raza Rumi have been arrested.
Chaudhry Shafiq, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) told the media that the mastermind identified as Abdul Rauf Gujar belongs to the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Rumi, an analyst who anchors the program Khabar Se Agay on Express News Television came under a gun attack in Lahore as he headed home from work. He miraculously escaped with only minor injuries but his driver was killed and a guard injured.
Shafiq said Gujar was a resident of Lahore's Badami Bagh neighborhood. The six suspects were involved in assassination attempts on political and religious figures and were also into kidnapping and drug dealings.
KEY POINTS:
- Raza Rumi was attacked in Lahore but survived with minor injuries.
- The mastermind, Abdul Rauf Gujar, is affiliated with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
- Six suspects were arrested for involvement in high-profile assassination attempts.
- Rumi's driver was killed in the attack while a guard sustained injuries.
- The suspects were also involved in kidnapping and drug dealing activities.
