New Delhi: On the occasion of the anniversary of the Pulwama attack, security forces have foiled a major conspiracy to terrorize Jammu and Kashmir. According to the information received, the security forces have recovered 7 kg explosives from Jammu bus stand. Also there is news of a person being arrested. More information is awaited in this matter.
Earlier on Saturday, a top terrorist belonging to ‘The Resistance Front’ (TRF) was arrested from Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. He was wanted in connection with the murder of three BJP leaders and a policeman last year.
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 here.
Singh, who was also flanked by Director General of Police Dilbag Singh, said a youth was found moving in suspicious manner along with a bag in the general bus stand area and it led to the recovery of nearly seven kg of IED which was, however, not activated as yet.
The IGP identified him as Suhail Bashir Shah, a resident of Newa village of Pulwama, who was pursuing nursing course in a college in Chandigarh and was assigned the task to plant the IED in Jammu by his Pakistan-based handler affiliated with Al-Badr terror outfit.
