JeM planned 3 car bomb blasts in J&K: Intelligence agencies to security forces
| Date :05-Jun-2020 |
By Sumit Kumar Singh :
NEW DELHI,
PAKISTAN-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed planned three vehicle-borne bomb blasts in the Kashmir Valley, as per Central Intelligence agencies’ alerts to the security establishment. Out of three, one attack was attempted but foiled because of alert security forces. The agencies also said that the failed car bomb blast in Pulwama on May 28 was one attack out of the three planned by the terror group. Security forces were alerted that a group of JeM terrorists is likely to carry out “Vehicle-based IED attack on security force installations at Nowgam, Srinagar and Kulgam”.
Agencies further alerted security establishments that a group of unidentified terrorists is planning to kidnap Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel in Shopian. On May 28, Jammu and Kashmir Police averted a major terror attack when they chased and seized a car laden with about 45 kg of explosives in the south Kashmir district. IGP, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar had stated that there was Intelligence inputs about plans of banned Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group to repeat an attack similar to last year’s February 14 strike on a CRPF convoy that left 40 personnel dead.