Gilgit: Key suspects of Nanga Parbat 2013 massacre of nine foreign climbers, escaped from the Gilgit district jail on Friday.
In 2013 militants clad in paramilitary uniforms stormed the Nanga Parbat base camp and shot dead nine mountaineers, five Ukrainians, three Chinese and a Russian along with Pakistani guides. Janud-e-Hafsa faction of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Home Secretary, Gilgit, Sibtain Ahmed while talking to media said “Four militants imprisoned in the Gilgit district jail attempted to escape. They were countered by the forces but two of them succeeded in their attempt,”
“One of the inmates was killed and a second injured,” he added.
Giving briefing, Home Secretary also confirmed that Habibur Rehman was an accused in the Nanga Parbat base camp massacre while the other, Liaquat, was involved in an attack on security forces in Chilas in June 2013.
Chief Secretary, Gilgit, Sikandar Sultan Raja suspended IG (Prisons) Muhammad Faisal, Superintendent Jail and three other jail officials for negligence.
The government also announced a cash prize of Rs2 million for information leading to the arrest of the escapees.
