IN A FIRST, ‘PERFUME IED’ RECOVERED FROM LeT TERRORIST

In a first, Jammu Police has recovered a perfume improvised explosive device (IED) from a terrorist associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba who was involved in the twin blasts that took place in Narwal on 21 January. The police arrested a terrorist identified as Arif who was in contact with the Pakistani handlers for three years.

As many as nine people were injured in the twin blasts that occurred in Narwal last month in a gap of 20 minutes. The police said that the terrorists intended to kill as many people as possible. The second IED, according to the police, could have caused bigger damage, which the terrorists intended, had the police not followed the SOPs. “Two bombs were planted on January 20. Two blasts occurred on January 21 at a gap of 20 minutes to kill as many people as possible. 9 people were injured after the first IED blast.

The damage that was intended could be averted because of the Otherwise, the damage could have been bigger because the first IED was small but the second IED was way bigger than the first. Police have arrested one terrorist Arif, who was in contact with Pakistan handlers for 3 years,” Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh said while briefing the media about the incident. Stating that this is the first such IED recovered by the police, the DGP explained that the IED would blast if an attempt is made to press or open it. “This is the first time we have recovered a perfume IED.