An intelligence agency has reported the involvement of the Baloch Republican Army in targeted attacks on gas pipelines, trains and railways tracks. Three of the group’s members have been arrested, and two remote control devices and explosives recovered.
Muhammad Zaman, Muhammad Hussain and Jalil Ahmed have been apprehended and handed over to the police. Sources familiar with the matter said they had planted explosives on a rail track near Kot Mithan railway station in Rajanpur. The 12kg bomb was defused on time.
The report states that the BRA have planned to carry out sabotage activities targeting exposed pipelines, sale metre stations and SNGPL Town border stations. They have carried out reconnaissance at various gas installations and pipelines in seven districts. The report says Baloch insurgents frequently use OGDCL and SNGPL vehicles to transport explosives and saboteurs.
The report has been shared with the government.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 26th, 2014.