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.
J&K: 7 kg IED recovered from Jammu bus stand, major terror plan foiled - Details inside
Officials told PTI that terrorists devised a plan to set off an explosion on the second anniversary of the 2019 Pulwama attack.
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Updated: Feb 14, 2021, 04:07 PM IST
A seven-kilogram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detected near the general bus stand area in Jammu on Sunday.
Officials told PTI that terrorists devised a plan to set off an explosion on the second anniversary of the 2019 Pulwama attack. The plan was averted after a raid was conducted and the device was recovered.
The recovery of explosives comes close to the heels of the arrest of two top terrorists from Kunjwani in Jammu and Bari Brahmana area of Samba district.
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
2 years after Pulwama attack, J&K Police recovers 7 kg IED at Jammu
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Updated: Sunday, February 14, 2021, 16:52 [IST]
Srinagar, Feb 14: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday thwarted a major tragedy with the timely detection of a seven-kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near the crowded general bus stand area in Jammu city.
The incident comes exactly two years after a terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in south Kashmir s Pulwama killed 40 security personnel.
Addresing a press conference, Jammu Inspector General of Police (IG) Mukesh Singh said We were on high alert as we had inputs that terror groups were planning an attack on the anniversary of Pulwama attack. Last night we arrested a person named Sohail and recovered 6-6.5 to 7 kgs of IED from his possession.
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