Suhail A Shah
Anantnag, May 28
Security forces have foiled a repeat of the 2019 Pulwama bombing by intercepting a car with 45 kg explosives at Rajpora in Pulwama district of south Kashmir.
We suspect Adil, a Hizb militant also working with JeM, and Fauji Bhai, a Pak militant and JeM commander, are involved.
Vijay Kumar, IGP, Kashmir
The IED-laden Santro car was intercepted by the security forces late last night around 30 km from the site of the deadly Lethpora attack along the Srinagar-Jammu highway that left 40 CRPF personnel dead and brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. The car bore a fake registration plate, the police said. "The registration number belongs to a two-wheeler in Kathua district," DGP Dilbagh Singh said.
IGP (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said they had been receiving inputs that Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammed were planning a suicide car bombing.
"When the input matured yesterday, we set up joint checkpoints. In the evening, when the suspected car reached a checkpoint, the security forces fired warning shots, prompting the occupants to turn around and flee.
"They jumped another checkpoint before leaving the car behind in Ayengund area of Pulwama. The forces cordoned off the area and checked the vehicle from a distance. Civilians were evacuated from the area.
"This morning, the IED was defused in a technical way by the police, Army and CRPF," Kumar said in Srinagar.
The IGP said the militants were apparently planning to target forces like they did on February 14 last year. "The modus operandi was the same as the Pulwama attack. After preliminary investigations, it has been found the vehicle was laden with 40-45 kg of explosive material. The vehicle was lobbed 15 metres into the air when the IED was defused," he said, adding the militants were planning the attack on the anniversary of Jang-e-Badr (May 11) — the 17th day of Ramadan — but couldn't do so due to strict security measures.
Kumar said they suspected the role of Adil, a Hizb militant who also works with JeM, and Fauji Bhai, a Pakistan militant and JeM commander in Pulwama, in planning the attack.
A senior police official said Fauji Bahi, active for nearly two years, was likely to be behind the making of bomb.
"Their target could have been a camp, moving vehicle, convoy, checkpoint or a patrol team. There was movement of a patrol team in the area at the time," said two senior security officials in south Kashmir said.
How it unfolded
Wednesday night
Place: Rajpora, Pulwama
- Forces fire warning shots on seeing a car at checkpoint, militants speed away
- Car jumps another checkpoint, militants flee in the dark, leave car behind
- Forces examine vehicle from a distance, cordon off area, wait for daybreak
Thursday morning
- Police, Army, CRPF defuse IED in a technical way
from The Tribune https://ift.tt/2VVTRJj & k/forces-thwart-pulwama-2-0-91351
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