Karachi
The main facilitator of the terror attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi in November last year has been arrested from the UAE, Pakistan police have announced here.

On November 23, three heavily armed militants attempted to enter the Chinese consulate in the ‘high-security zone’ of Karachi’s Clifton area but were shot dead in an encounter with law enforcers.

A senior official of the Counterterrorism Depart­ment of Sindh on Tuesday province said that the suspect named Rashid Baloch was arrested by the UAE’s lawenforcement agency in Sharjah a few days ago. He was marked out as the key man behind the attack on the Chinese consulate, that was foiled by security forces but left at least seven people dead.

“After the findings of the initial investigation, we were closely monitoring suspects and finally found his connection with the episode. The interesting fact that we gathered through technological support is that he was very close to the Chinese consulate when it was attacked and personally monitored the assault.”

Rashid received Rs 9,49,000 to his bank account just days before the attack and he arranged all the finances, logistics and cash support to facilitate the attackers, he said.

Earlier this month, Additional IG Karachi Amir Shaikh claimed that India and its Research and Analysis Wing assisted the attack carried out by terrorists belonging to the banned BLA. “We completely reject these fabricated and scurrilous attempts to levy accusations on India,” said the Ministry of External Affairs.