The plan by terrorists to set off an explosion on the second anniversary of the 2019 Pulwama attack was successfully averted on Sunday. After receiving specific inputs, a raid was conducted and the device was recovered, officials said.
Major terror plot averted as 7-kg IED is detected near Jammu bus stand
The IED recovery comes close on the heels of the arrest of two top terrorists from Kunjwani in Jammu and Bari Brahmana area of Samba district
PTI | February 14, 2021 | Updated 15:39 IST
A seven-kilogram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detected on Sunday near the crowded general bus stand area here, averting a major tragedy and a plan by terrorists to set off an explosion on the second anniversary of the 2019 Pulwama attack, officials said. The IED recovery comes close on the heels of the arrest of two top terrorists from Kunjwani in Jammu and Bari Brahmana area of Samba district.
Jammu Bus Stand: The device was detected by officials acting on specific information (Representational)
Jammu:
A major terrorist plan to set off an explosion at a crowded place in Srinagar on the second anniversary of the Pulwama attack was scuttled with the recovery of a powerful IED from a nursing student who was arrested along with three others, a top police officer said on Sunday.
Inspector General of Police, Jammu Range, Mukesh Singh also said six pistols and 15 small Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were seized from Samba district in a separate operation. Over the past four days we were on high alert because there was general intelligence input that terror groups want to trigger a major blast in Jammu city on the second anniversary of the Pulwama attack. The security around all important locations were strengthened and checking intensified, he told reporters in Jammu.
Jammu, February 14
A seven-kilogram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detected on Sunday near the crowded general bus stand area here, averting a major tragedy and a plan by terrorists to set off
Terror attack averted in Jammu; police recover 6-6.5 kg IED, two detained: IGP Mukesh Singh
JAMMU: On the second anniversary of the Pulwama terror attack, J&K Police on Sunday recovered a 6.6.5 kgs improvised explosive device (IED) near the busy Jammu bus stand area. Two persons, identified as Suhail, a nursing student from Chandigarh, and Qazi, have been detained, said Jammu Inspector General of Police (IG) Mukesh Singh.
The J&K IGP said Raghunath Temple, Lakhdatta Bazar and Jammu railway station were on hit list of the terrorists. J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said Pakistan was trying to activate a dormant terror group named Al Badr and some Kashmiri students studying in Punjab were being used by terrorists to further their activities.