UP: Muzaffarnagar Woman Arrested For Asking Man To Make Time Bombs Using Bottles
Imrana told STF officials that the woman named Imrana's motivation behind obtaining the bombs stemmed from her house being damaged during the 2013 communal riots.
New Delhi: The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a woman who had allegedly asked a man to prepare time bombs using bottles. The arrest comes in the wake of an earlier apprehension of a man named Javed, who was allegedly responsible for assembling the time bombs. STF officials revealed that Javed was intercepted while he was on his way to deliver the explosives to the woman in question.
According to a press statement issued by the STF, the arrest was led by a team from the Meerut STF unit on Saturday evening following intelligence inputs. The arrested individual, identified as Imrana and hailing from the Muzaffarnagar district, had known Javed for long and had asked him to make the bombs, reported news agency PTI.
Imrana told STF officials that her motivation behind obtaining the bombs stemmed from her house being damaged during the 2013 communal riots. She had asked for the bombs in case any violence or riot breaks out again, as per the statement. She also confessed to having stored similar bombs at her residence in the past, which were subsequently distributed to other individuals, as per PTI's report.
The STF has lodged a case against her under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Javed Learned Making Bombs From YouTube
After arresting Javed, the STF recovered four time bombs. The accused told STF during interrogation that these four bottle bombs were improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The bottles were packed with gunpowder-999, iron pellets, cotton, and POP. Investigations revealed that Javed had sourced materials such as glucose bottles from doctors and iron pellets from cycle shops, in addition to acquiring watches, reported PTI.
Javed had made these bottle bombs at the behest of Imrana, wife of Azad, a native of Shamli currently residing in Muzaffarnagar.
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) and ADG STF Amitabh Yash said the STF team arrested Javed around 11.45 am on Friday and recovered four-timer bottle bombs (IEDs) from his possession.
Interrogation revealed that Imrana had given Javed Rs 10,000 in advance for making the bottle bombs and had told him that she would pay Rs 40,000 later at the time of delivery.
Javed's interrogation unveiled that he acquired knowledge of bomb-making techniques during his stay with his uncle Arshi, a firecracker maker. Additionally, he confessed to supplementing his skills through online resources such as YouTube and the internet.
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