Fazlullah hurt, may surrender soon

Lahore, Sep.13 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Swat chapter chief Mullah Fazlullah has reportedly been seriously wounded and may surrender soon, a private television channel said.

Sources said security forces have received information that Fazlullah is hiding in a cave somewhere in the Swat and Malakand Division and is hurt.

Troops have cordoned off the place of his reported hiding, the channel said.

Meanwhile, police has released Fazlullah's one son, Saidullah, and two daughters, Marsia and Maryam who were arrested last month.

Family members of the Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad have also been set free.

Muhammad's wife Shahida, his daughter-in-law Tahira, his daughter Tayyeba and two of his sons, Rahmat and Barkatullah have been released, The Daily Times reported.

Muhammad's other three sons, Fazlullah, Abdullah and Abdur Rehman, however, have been taken on remand and sent to Haripur Central Jail. (ANI)