Major Tragic Incident averted in Pulwama, J&K Police Recover IED from Terror Associate

GG News Bureau

Pulwama, 7th May. The Jammu and Kashmir Police prevented a catastrophic tragedy by apprehending a terror associate in Pulwama and recovering an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing between 5 and 6 kg, the police said on Sunday.

According to police, the arrested terror associate was named as Ishfaq Ahmed Wani, a resident of Arigam, Pulwama. The police have begun an investigation into the incident.

“Pulwama Police averted a major tragedy by apprehending a #terror associate Ishfaq Ahmed Wani R/O Arigam #Pulwama and recovering an #IED (approx 5- 6Kgs) on his disclosure. Case registered,” Kashmir Zone Police tweeted on Sunday afternoon.

An investigation into the matter is currently underway. Previously, a large search operation to find terrorists in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, that began on Friday, continued on Sunday.

“Search operation to track down terrorists underway in the Kandi area of Rajouri,” officials said.

On May 5, five soldiers were killed in an anti-terror operation in the Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri.

The five soldiers killed during the Indian Army’s anti-terror ‘Operation Trinetra,’ working together with the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF.