Daesh recruited 30 prisoners from Karachi jail: sources

KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies conducted a raid at Karachi Central Jail and took custody of two terror convicts who were recruiting inmates for Daesh, sources informed Geo News on Wednesday.

Reports reveal that up to 30 prisoners were recruited from inside the jail premises by the banned organisation. 

Of the 30 prisoners recruited into Daesh, 12 have been released on bail and their whereabouts are unknown, added sources.

Law enforcement agencies have raided the residences of the Daesh recruits released on bail but have not been able to trace the missing individuals.  

CTD report highlights 'alarming' security at Karachi Central Jail

The inmates would get their production orders issued when they desired, the report states

This is not the first instance of militant or criminal activity surfacing from within the jail premises.

Earlier, a report by the Counter-Terrorism Department has revealed that terrorists imprisoned at Central Jail Karachi had access to the prison’s record room and sensitive document. 

The report has come months after the escape of two high-profile terrorists affiliated with the proscribed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

The two under-trial prisoners, Sheikh Mohammad alias Firon and Ahmed Khan alias Manako, were present in the jail’s judicial complex for a hearing when they managed to escape, an official had said.

A report by security officials, prepared after the jailbreak, had stated that prisoners belonging to banned outfits are virtually running the Karachi Central Jail and managing their network from behind bars without any fear or repercussions.

The report had added that prison officials have no power or control over certain dangerous prisoners, who openly hurl threats at the officials.

The CTD had then said that the two LeJ terrorists escaped to Afghanistan after breaking out of Karachi jail in June.

The CTD had also informed that the suspects fled to Afghanistan through the Chaman border in Balochistan.

As many as twelve police personnel, including the jail superintendent and deputy jail superintendent, were arrested at the behest of Sindh law and prisons minister after the jailbreak.

Prison break: Suspected LeJ terrorists evade authorities in Karachi

12 police personnel were arrested following the incident

Later in the same month, scores of television sets, LCDs, water dispensers, mobile phones and other electronic devices were found inside the central jail during an operation.