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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.”
“Sohail revealed during…