Srinagar: A day after a deadly gunfight was witnessed in Jammu region’s Kathua area wherein six persons including three militants were killed; police on Saturday detected an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Bemina area.
According to the reports received by Kashmir News service (KNS), an IED was detected by army’s Road Operation Party (ROP) in the morning near power receiving station Bemina. The IED planted inside the pressure cooker was found concealed beneath some shattering material outside a shop, a police official told KNS.
The police was informed immediately that cordoned off the area. The reports informed that the roads linked to the spot were sealed by the security forces. The bomb disposal squad later defused the planted IED.
Police sources told KNS that the IED was detected at 7.45 in the morning when army during its routine road patrol found some objectionable thing near the road side. Reports inform further that the planted IED was 750 grams in weight and that no damage was caused during its controlled explosion.
Superintendent of Police (SP) South city told KNS that the IED was planted at an important spot wherein the expected target was the army convoy- as they generally pass through the bye-pass road that is near to the spot where the IED was planted. He stated further that the initial findings revealed that the militant outfit Hizbul Mujahieen had planed the attack. “The investigations into the matter is at full pace. Police is keenly examining the various aspects related to the incident.” (KNS)