The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Thursday said it had arrested the alleged murderer of prominent Sikh social activist Charanjit Singh in Peshawar. The development came a day after the caretaker chief minister, former Justice Dost Mohammad Khan, ordered an investigation into the killing of the Sikh leader along 'scientific' lines.
The CTD said that the alleged target killer, Sheheryar, was caught by a special team of the department tasked with the investigation of the case. It said that the accused has also named some accomplices during the investigation, for their arrest a separate team has been formed.