Data Darbar suicide attacker’s facilitator remanded for 20 days

LAHORE (92 News) – An anti-terrorism court remanded the facilitator of the Data Darbar suicide attacker in the custody of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) for 20 days. Earlier on Thursday, the police produced the facilitator Mohsin Khan in the anti-terrorism court.

Alleged facilitator claims he is innocent

In a video statement, Zeeshan, another alleged facilitator, had claimed that he is innocent. He said, “I am not a terrorist and have no association with any banned outfit.” He said he is resident of Eimanabad, Gujranwala. Refuting all the claims have to be a facilitator, the alleged suspect said that he knew about his footage after the blast, adding that any doubt about his association with any terrorism activity is not justice with him. Zeeshan also claimed that he paid his visit to shrine offered prayers and did not know about anything about the incident. “As soon as I heard an explosion I like the rest of the people ran out of the shrine, I am completely innocent and have nothing to do with the blast,” he claimed. Following to the reports, the alleged facilitator also stated that he and his 4 siblings are residents of Aimanabad, Gujranwala, his footage was misused and the claim of him being involved in the incident holds no truth. “I earn my livelihood by running a local grocery shop in my area and has no connection with anyone,” he said. He said that that he is available for any kind of investigation and will fully cooperate with the law enforcement agencies. On the other hand, the local police also confirmed that Zeeshan is resident of Eimanabad and run his grocery shop in the area. It is worth mention here that the suspect seen wearing the black ‘shalwar kameez’ in the footage stating that he was wearing a dark blue suit which looked black in the footage and the law enforcement agencies proclaimed as the accomplice of the suicide bomber.