Islamabad, Nov 17: As police launched a manhunt for leader of the banned militant outfit Khudam-ul-Islam, Maulana Masood Azhar after the Pakistani government banned his outfit alongwith two others, authorities have sealed off 60 offices and seminaries of the three groups and directed banks to seal their accounts. Pakistan's Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat told local TV networks that Azhar, who formed KI after last year's ban on his outfit, Jaish-e-Muhammad, is yet to be traced.
Though Pakistan police have sealed over 60 offices of the KI, Islami Tehrik Pakistan (ITP) and Millatt-e-Islamiya of Pakistan (MIP), they have not arrested the cadre of the groups in all the four provinces. District police officer of Bahawalpur, the home town of Azhar, Sikandar Hayat said that police raids on his house have proved fruitless.


"He does not seem to be at his native town," he said adding that nine offices and seminaries of the three groups have so far been closed in his division, local daily dawn reported.

Meanwhile, Azhar's family has accused the police of ill-treating the inmates of his house during the raids.


Azhar's brother Mufti Abdur Raof alleged that the police violated law and exceeded all limits during the raids.

"They (the police) violated the sanctity of our homes and mistreated our family members." Bureau Report