Karachi: Five close associates of Tehrik-e-Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud have been arrested from a heavy populated residential area of Karachi.
A senior police official confirmed that the five were close friends of Baitullah Mehsud.
They were involved in robbing banks, committing other crimes and sent the money to their leader.
"The five were arrested on a tip-off from Kanwari colony after an exchange of fire," police officer, Umar Khatab said.
He said, that Faiz Rasool, Saeed Muhammed Mehsud, Farooq Khan Mehsud, Pervaiz alias Azeem and Rehmat Gul were arrested after the shootout, however, six of their accomplices managed to flee from the site.
The police claimed to have recovered heavy ammunition and money from the site.
A wanted Taliban operative who is infamous for grooming and preparing suicide bombers, Qari Hussain, led the group.
The Pakistan government has placed a heavy booty on the capture of Baitullah Mehsud.
In the last two months, police have arrested several operatives of the Tehrik-e-Taliban from different areas of Karachi after the military launched an offensive against the militants in the Swat valley in late April.
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