PESHAWAR: CCPO along with IG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and DIG CTD have held a joint press conference to address the latest developments in the Peshawar Police Lines blast case.
In the press conference, the police officials said that the facilitator of the suicide attack in the police lines blast has been arrested. The facilitator turned out to be none other than Police Constable Muhammad Wali who has been arrested by the CTD for his facilitation in the attack. Two suicide jackets have been recovered from the terrorist facilitator. The arrested terrorist facilitator belongs to the banned organization Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. The terrorist is involved in the direct delivery of suicide jackets, attackers and explosives from Afghanistan. Additionally, the arrested terrorist Muhammad Wali who is an employee of the police force, has confirmed ties with terrorist organization(s). In the police line suicide attack, the facilitator helped the attacker to reach the police line
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An official named Muhammad Wali gave maps and other facilities to the terrorists for a mere 2 lakh rupees. The accused official was also involved in other acts of terrorism in cities including Lahore. The accused also provided arms to Faizan Butt, the killer of policemen in Lahore. Wali joined the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar through Facebook and was caught three years later.
On the other hand, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Peshawar handed over the accused facilitator of the police lines blast to CTD on 14-day physical remand. The suspect who facilitated the police lines blast was produced in the ATC. The prosecution said that the accused officer is accused of facilitating the suicide attack, after which the police arrested him from the BRT station.
It should be noted that a suicide blast took place in the Police Lines Mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023, in which 72 worshipers were martyred and 157 were injured, including the imam of the mosque and several police personnel.
The arrested constable Muhammad Wali is a resident of Peshawar, who turned out to be a black sheep hiding in plain sight behing a police uniform. Constable Muhammad Wali joined the police in 2019. In 2021, he contacted an ID named Junaid on Facebook. Junaid was a recruitment agent of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar who operated on social media while sitting in Afghanistan. Junaid asked Muhammad Wali to meet him in Afghanistan. In 2021, he took Saturday leave and went to Afghanistan from the Chaman border.
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I met Junaid in Jalalabad Afghanistan, Junaid took me to Shonkade and Chikan and the center of Kanhar. I met terrorist commander Salahuddin and terrorist commander Makram Khorasani in Kanhar. After the meeting, I joined Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. I got 20,000 rupees for joining Jamaat-ul-Ahrar after pledging allegiance to terrorist commander Mullah Yusuf. On my return, I was arrested by the Afghan forces, but was released on the intervention of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.
In 2023, my duty was in Police Line Peshawar. Junaid told me that the “martyrdom” of Commander Khalid Khorasani is to be avenged. In January 2023, the pictures and map of the police line were given to Junaid on Telegram. On January 20, 2023, the suicide bomber was brought from Charsian Masjid, Khyber. The suicide attacker was searched by the police line of the mosque, the name of the suicide attack was Qari and his nationality was Afghan. The Tragedy Police Line went to pick up the suicide bomber from Charsian Masjid Bara at 11 am. The suicide bomber was present in Charsian Mosque with a suicide jacket and police uniform. Rehman Baba brought the suicide bomber from Charsian Mosque to the graveyard on a motorcycle. I helped to dress him in a police uniform and a suicide jacket, put the suicide bomber on the motorcycle and left him near the police line.
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The suicide bomber went to the mosque, while I returned home. When the explosion happened, a message was sent to Junaid on Telegram that the attack had been carried out successfully. I got two lakh rupees compensation for this attack on police line, I received the compensation through handi reference. Apart from the attack on the police line, many terrorist activities were also carried out. In January 2022, a Christian priest was killed in Peshawar. In 2023 and 2024, several IED attacks were carried out on Warsak Road Peshawar. In December 2023, a hand grenade attack was carried out in Gilani market. I contacted Jamaat-ul-Ahrar terrorist present in Lahore in February 2024.
The name of the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar terrorist in Lahore was Saifullah, I delivered a pistol to Saifullah with which he killed a Qadiani person. In March 2024, a terrorist named Faizan Butt of Lahore was contacted. The terrorist was given a pistol with which he killed two policemen. In May 2024, explosive materials were provided for terrorism in different places of Peshawar. In June 2024, terrorist Luqman was given a jacket for suicide attack and sent to Lahore by bus. Suicide bomber Luqman was caught before the explosion. In June 2024, another suicide jacket was delivered from Bara Khyber to Rehman Baba Graveyard. In June 2024, another suicide jacket was hidden in Motorway Chowk Peshawar, another suicide jacket was hidden in Chamkani Peshawar and video evidence was provided to Junaid.
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