LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police claimed on Monday to have arrested two suspected terrorists of banned outfit Hizbut Tehrir (HT) and recovered hate material from their custody.

A CTD spokesman said they received information that some people were distributing anti-state material in Lahore.

He said a CTD team conducted a raid at Bhatta Chowk and arrested Shoaib Daud and Hassan Ali Shah and recovered literature and pamphlets of Hizbut Tehrir.

The suspected militants were shifted to undisclosed location for further interrogation, the spokesman added.