Regional Police Officer (RPO) Bannu wrote to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Tuesday informing about the threat that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) can possibly target Bannu Central Jail to free accomplices, Dunya News reported. Dunya News has obtained the copy of the letter that was written to the KP government. The letter warns that there’s credible intelligence that militants are planning to target the jail. The letter reveals that Taliban have prepared to attack the prison in order to free their accomplices, many of whom are named in terrorism related cases. Owing to the threat, the letter requests the KP government authorities to transfer the militant prisoners to a safer facility. A copy of the letter has also been sent to Commander 325 Brigade. As per the letter, Commander 325 Brigade has been requested to prepare a quick response force. The letter also informs that strict security has been arranged to monitor the facility. The security arrangements include deployment of over 100 security personnel and 24-hour surveillance of the facility. This is not the first threat of its kind. Only last year, heavily armed Taliban militants stormed into Dera Ismail Khan central jail and freed at least 175 inmates including dozens of high profiled suspects. At least nine people, including four policemen and five militants, were killed in the attack and the following shootout.As per the letter, Commander 325 Brigade has been requested to prepare a quick response force.
Prior to that, almost 400 prisoners including militants had escaped on April 15, 2012 from Bannu Jail after an attack by insurgents armed with guns, grenades and rockets.
More than 150 heavily-armed militants had stormed the central prison outside the restive northwestern town of Bannu bordering the lawless tribal regions. TTP commander Adnan Rashid, who was serving a jail term for attacking former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, and famed for writing letter to Malala Yousafzai, was among the freed detainees.
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