Imran alleges Indian hand in Lahore blast

Sandeep Dikshit

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 4

Two days after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) lodged a protest with the Pakistan Foreign Ministry, asking it to investigate the incident of a drone hovering over the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on June 26, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today alleged Indian hand in blast outside Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Hafiz Saeed’s house on June 23.

The Pakistan PM blamed New Delhi for the blast that killed three and injured over 20. “The planning and financing of this heinous terror attack has links to Indian sponsorship of terrorism against Pakistan. The global community must mobilise international institutions against this rogue behaviour,” he added.

Pakistan’s NSA Moeed Yusuf, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry and IG, Punjab, Inam Ghani also addressed the media.

“Other than the call records, we have the data on bank account in India used by handlers to transfer money for the bomb blast,” Yusuf said, alleging that a third country was used to transfer money to the orchestrators of the blast.

Ghani said the counter terrorism department investigated arrested Peter Paul David, who allegedly arranged a vehicle for the blast with a tampered engine plate. An Afghan-origin man, Eid Gul, carried out multiple reconnaissances in the targeted area and later he and his wife imbedded 20 kg of explosives in the vehicle. The same cop had said weeks ago that 10 Pakistani citizens who executed the blast had been arrested.