Reasi: Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday said that the explosive seized during various militancy operations in subdivision Mahore of district Reasi has been destroyed. The police station of the area and SOG had seized grenades, IEDs, RDX in 15 militancy cases registered since 2009 in the Mahore-Chassana area, police said. These explosives remained in the safe custody of police for years and sensing the security threat of accidental explosions, Reasi Police approached the concerned courts for seeking orders of lawful safe destruction of seized explosives, RDX and grenades, said police in an official statement.
After hearing the petition of the police, destruction orders were passed in two cases by Court of Sessions Judge Reasi whereas two cases were followed up in NIA Court Jammu and required orders were issued by NIA Court while destruction order in rest of eleven cases was passed by Court of JMIC Mahore. On the directions of the Court, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Reasi Shailender Singh constituted a special joint team of sub-division Mahore, BDS Squad of Reasi Police and Engineering regiment of 58 RR to assist in the compliance of orders.
With due precautions and meticulous planning, all explosives and allied materials were taken to a safe place and the team of experts in explosives & blasts destroyed it with special care while following the due protocol. Destroyed Explosives included a huge (71) number of Hand Grenades, 24 Kgs of RDX, Detonators, IED fuses, Remotes of IEDs and their covers. The ADGP Zone was also directed to follow the pending similar cases in the courts and get rid of seized explosive materials lying in the police stations or the court.