Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police today claimed to have averted a major tragedy as security forces arrested a militant associate with 5 Kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in south kashmir’s Pulwama district.
“Pulwama Police averted a major tragedy by apprehending a terror associate Ishfaq Ahmed WR/O Arigam Pulwama and recovering an IED (approx. 5-6Kgs) on his disclosure. Case registered”, tweeted Kashmir Zone Police today afternoon.
Earlier on May 5, five soldiers lost their lives in the anti-terror operation in the Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri. The soldiers were killed during the anti-terror ‘Operation Trinetrs’ of the Indian Army with Jammu & Kashmir Police and CRPF.