Averting a major tragedy, the Jammu and Kashmir police recovered and destroyed five kilograms of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Pulwama today.
Jammu and Kashmir police recover 6-6.5 kgs of IED from bus stand
Jammu & Kashmir Police personnel display arms and ammunition recovered from a bus stand in Jammu
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The accused confessed that he is a nursing student and studying in Chandighar, says police
He added that a person named Qazi Waseem in Chandigarh was also aware of this matter, he has been held
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Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested a person named Sohail, and recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 6-6.5 kilogram from his possession at the Jammu bus stand, said Jammu Inspector General of Police (IG), Mukesh Singh on Sunday.
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.
Major tragedy averted in J&K: 7 kg IED recovered, 4 arrested
Jammu
A major terrorist plan to set off an explosion at a crowded place in Jammu 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, he told reporters here.