Dubai: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Pakistan has released a report on how a woman was turned into a potential suicide bomber after being brainwashed by a proscribed outfit Balochisan Liberation Front (BLF)

The CTD with the help of intelligence agencies in Pakistan have arrested a woman who was believed to be potential suicide bomber and also recovered a ‘suicide jacket’ from her in Quetta. The woman, who belonged to BLF, was apprehended in February while she was carrying bag with suicide jacket loaded with five kilograms of explosives.

A CTD spokesperson said that the ‘suicide bomber’ was planning to attack important installations or security forces in Quetta, but her bid was foiled by the security forces.

According to the report released on Wednesday, the intelligence based operation was carried out after the CTD Balochistan and intelligence agencies had received information that banned terrorist organisations were luring in women and children for their nefarious designs. For this purpose, they were not only being brainwashed but were also being financially and organisationally supported.

The report further added: “On the basis of this information, on Feb. 17, a woman named Mahal Baloch was arrested with a suicide jacket. During the investigation she revealed that her husband Bibgar was affiliated to the banned terrorist organisation BLF and was killed along with his brother Baloch Khan in 2016. After which she along with her father-in- law and mother- in- law shifted to Karachi.

During her stay in Karachi, she was contacted by people from BLA who lured her to join the organisation and brainwashed her over her husband’s association with the organisation.

Mahal Baloch joined the organisation and moved to Quetta where she was given the task to lure other women and bring them to participate in various protest rallies against the government. The organisation continued to send funds to her family to bear the day to day living cost. Mahal Baloch further revealed in a video confession that her cousin Wasim and her in-laws are also part of BLF.

Mahal said that a suicide jacket was given to her by BLF Commander Sharbat Khan only a week before her arrest and she had kept the jacket hidden in her house. Sharbat Khan had told her that this jacket would soon be used for an important attack in Quetta. However, timely action by the CTD foiled her plan to carry out any terrorist activity.