IED Recovered Along Highway In Jammu, Defused Later

Further investigation into the matter is underway.

Jammu: Security forces detect IED, foil terror plot. (File Photo: ANI)

New Delhi: An improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered and defused by the security forces in Sidhra area of Jammu on Thursday.

“An information was received regarding some suspicious object found alongside highway in Sidhra area of Jammu city outskirts. A team from nearby station rushed to the spot & later senior officers also reached at the site,” Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu, Mukesh Singh, tweeted.

Further investigation into the matter is underway.

“On examination, an explosive material / devise was found there after which the site was sealed and the material / devise was destroyed through a controlled mechanism carried out by bomb squad of Jammu Police .Investigation into the matter has been set into motion,” the ADGP wrote on the micro-blogging platform.

Earlier in the day, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said 62 terrorists have been killed in encounters so far this year.

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, said among the total 62 killed terrorists, 47 were local terrorists and 15 foreign terrorists.

39 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists and 15 belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were among those killed.

“Total terrorists killed in encounters so far this year= 62 Terror Outfit wise: LeT = 39, JeM=15, HM =06, Al-Badr =02. Among the total 62 killed terrorists, 47 were local terrorists & 15 foreign terrorists: IGP Kashmir @JmuKmrPolice,” Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.

Earlier, two Al-Badr militants were killed in an overnight encounter with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

The security forces had launched a cordon and search operation based on the information about the presence of militants there.

The search operation turned into an encounter after the hiding militants fired upon the security forces.

The police also recovered two AK 47 rifles from the slain terrorists.

“PulwamaEncounterUpdate:  Both killed terrorists identified as local terrorists namely Aijaz Hafiz & Shahid Ayub, of Al-Badr outfit. 02 AK rifles recovered. They had been involved in series of attacks on outside labourers in Pulwama in the month of March-April 2022: IGP Kashmir,” Kashmir Zone Police wrote on the micro-blogging platform.