Srinagar: Security forces prevented a massive car bomb attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on Wednesday night after they stopped a vehicle carrying over 20 kg of improvised explosive device (IED). The plan had chilling similarities with last year’s terror attack in Pulwama, when over 40 soldiers were killed as a suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a CRPF convoy.
Based on intelligence inputs, a white Hyundai Santro car with a fake registration number was signalled to stop at a check point on Wednesday night, but it tried to accelerate and go through the barricade, the police said.
“The security forces opened fire. The driver managed to escape, leaving behind the car laden with IED,” Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said. “We got intelligence about a possible attack. We were looking for a vehicle with IED since yesterday,” he added.
The car, along with the IED, was later destroyed by a bomb disposal squad. The massive explosion damaged several houses in the area.
“It (car) was kept under watch for the night. People in nearby houses were evacuated and the vehicle was destroyed on site by the bomb disposal squad as moving it would have been a serious threat,” Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said.
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