Pakistani police claim to have arrested the alleged "mastermind" behind the killing of security officials investigating the massacre of 10 foreign climbers at a base camp of Nanga Parbat.
Acting on information provided by two detained Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members, police raided a house at Diamer in Gilgit-Baltistan yesterday and arrested Hamidullah.
Hamidullah was accused of killing Superintendent of Police Hilal Ahmed and army officers Col Ghulam Mustafa and Capt Ashfaq Aziz in Chilas district.
The three officials were probing the murder of 10 foreign climbers and their Pakistani guide at the base camp of Nanga Parbat.
Hamidullah was taken to an undisclosed location and interrogated about the cold-blooded murders, media reports said today. State-run media too reported his arrest.
On June 23, militants disguised as paramilitary personnel killed the foreign tourists in an unprecedented attack in Gilgit-Baltistan.
The TTP accepted responsibility for the attack, saying it was revenge for the US drone attack that killed its deputy chief Waliur Rehman Mehsud.
Police had earlier claimed they had arrested a terrorist named Qaribullah alias Hasan on suspicion of involvement in the killing of the mountaineers.
