KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies on Sunday claimed to have detained at least 24 suspects including ‘militants’ belonging to banned outfits during raids across the metropolis. A senior police official told media that police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested four suspected militants from Korangi Industrial Area of the city. The CTD claims that the suspects namely Shahid alias Zubair, Ali, Manzoor and Usman Ghani alias Baba belonged to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and the sectarian terror group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. CTD SSP Usman Bajwa claimed that the suspects were involved in a number of terrorist activities including killing people from rival sects and the 2001 bomb attack on a gambling den in Ghas Mandi area. The 2011 blast at the largest gambling club in Ghas Mandi area of Lyari town claimed lives of at least 18 people and injured several others. Separately, Rangers carried out targeted raids in different areas of the city and apprehended 20 suspects including members of banned outfits, said a spokesperson of the paramilitary force. The operation against criminal elements in country’s commercial hub was initiated back in September 2013 after the federal cabinet empowered Rangers to lead a targeted advance with the support of police against criminals already identified by federal military and civilian agencies for their alleged involvement in targeted killings, kidnappings for ransom, extortion and terrorism in Karachi.