The car from which the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police had recovered about 45 kgs of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Thursday in Pulwama district, averting 2019 Pulwama-style attack, belonged to an active member of Hizbul Mujahideen terror group, a police officer said on Friday.
The Hizbul Mujahideen militant, identified as Hidayatullah Malik, is a resident of Sharatpora in Shopian, police said. He had joined the militant ranks in July 2019.
The security forces in J&K averted a major incident of a 2019 Pulwama-like vehicle-borne attack on Thursday morning when they chased and seized a car laden with about 45 kg of explosives in the district.
A joint team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Army and the CRPF swing into action on Wednesday night following an input that a terrorist was moving with an explosive-laden car in Pulwama district ready to blast at a location.
Based on intelligence inputs, the security forces intercepted a white Hyundai Santro car in Rajpora of Pulwama. Based on these inputs, checkposts were placed in Pulwama by the security forces on Wednesday,” Inspector General of Police (Kashmir range) Vijay Kumar told reporters in Srinagar.
When the Santro car, laden with explosives approached a checkpost, it was signalled to stop. After an initial round of firing, its driver turned the car in a different direction and fled from the scene before being trapped at another check post.
“We had an intercept of a terrorist. When car was intercepted after an initial exchange of fire, the terrorist escaped under cover of darkness,” DG, JKP, Dilbag Singh said
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