QUETTA: As many as 30 separatist rebels were killed as paramilitary forces launched an operation in Dera Bugti on Thursday.
“The forces surrounded the militants early morning on Thursday and the operation culminated with the killing of 30 militants and arrest of three others,” Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said while giving details of the operation launched to quell the militancy in the area.
He added that a paramilitary trooper was killed and five others sustained bullet wounds during the action. The injured personnel were being shifted to a nearby hospital. “We have recovered 350 kilogrammes of explosive material and 300 landmines,” he said and added that around eight hideouts of militants were also destroyed by security forces.
Bugti said the militants were members of the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), whose two main commanders were also killed in the operation. “The forces also got freed two local Bugti men kidnapped for ransom by the militants,” he added.
The home minister said the provincial government would ensure security of the people at all costs. “The government of Balochistan has a very clear policy that the provincial government will take strict action against whosoever challenges the writ of the government, kills innocent people or attacks security forces,” he said, adding that the operation was a part of the policy.
Meanwhile, two gas pipelines of 16-inch diameter were blown up with explosives by unidentified terrorists in the Pir Koh area.According to security sources, the terrorists planted explosive devices under main pipelines supplying gas from gas wells number 13 and 30 of the main junction to the Pir Koh plant.After the explosion, the gas supply to the Pir Koh plant was suspended, causing reduction in production of gas in the plant.
“The forces surrounded the militants early morning on Thursday and the operation culminated with the killing of 30 militants and arrest of three others,” Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said while giving details of the operation launched to quell the militancy in the area.
He added that a paramilitary trooper was killed and five others sustained bullet wounds during the action. The injured personnel were being shifted to a nearby hospital. “We have recovered 350 kilogrammes of explosive material and 300 landmines,” he said and added that around eight hideouts of militants were also destroyed by security forces.
Bugti said the militants were members of the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), whose two main commanders were also killed in the operation. “The forces also got freed two local Bugti men kidnapped for ransom by the militants,” he added.
The home minister said the provincial government would ensure security of the people at all costs. “The government of Balochistan has a very clear policy that the provincial government will take strict action against whosoever challenges the writ of the government, kills innocent people or attacks security forces,” he said, adding that the operation was a part of the policy.
Meanwhile, two gas pipelines of 16-inch diameter were blown up with explosives by unidentified terrorists in the Pir Koh area.According to security sources, the terrorists planted explosive devices under main pipelines supplying gas from gas wells number 13 and 30 of the main junction to the Pir Koh plant.After the explosion, the gas supply to the Pir Koh plant was suspended, causing reduction in production of gas in the plant.
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