CTD arrests engineering student who allegedly sent bitcoin to Daesh in Syria
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Suspect transferred Rs1 million within a year
Umar bin Khalid was a final-year engineering student
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday said that they have arrested an engineering student who was allegedly involved in sending money to Daesh in Syria through the cryptocurrency bitcoin.
Addressing a press conference, DIG CTD Omar Shahid Hamid said that they were carrying out investigations regarding terror funding for quite some time. The suspects used to send money to the Daesh women in Syria.
DIG Hamid said that money was being deposited in Karachi and being sent to Syria by the suspect, identified as Hafiz Umar bin Khalid, and his accomplice Zia. The DIG added that the CTD has carried out a forensic examination of Hafiz Umar Bin Khalid after he was arrested.