J&K : NIA Conducts Raids At More Than Five Locations In June 27 IED Case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out searches in more than five locations of Jammu and Kashmir pertaining to the 5kg IED that was recovered while agencies were probing the twin explosions that had rocked the Jammu Air Force Station on June 27. As per the on-ground information accessed by Republic Media Network, the raids were conducted in Doda, Kishtwar, Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag. 

On June 27, multiple blasts occurred in the premises of the technical area of the Jammu airbase, which were later confirmed to be drone attacks.

Terrorists directed to carry out IED blast at religious places

On July 02, Jammu police arrested two terrorists identified as Nadeem Ayoub Rather from Chak Cholend Herman area of Shopian and Talib ur Rehman from Kaskoot Banihal area of Ramban. 

During sustained questioning, accused confessed their involvement in the above case and disclosed that they were planning criminal conspiracy at Banihal on the directions of their handlers, they were directed to carry out IED blast at major religious place of Jammu. It was for the same reason that earlier arrested accused namely Nadeem ul Haq came from Banihal to Jammu to carry out the IED attack to spread terror and destabilise peaceful atmosphere of the city. Also, during preliminary investigation it was transpired that IED seems to be dropped by drone.

Case pertaining to recovery of 5KG IED from Narwal area of Jammu on 27 June, 2021; the same day when drone attack took place at Jammu Air Force Station. Terrorist Nadeem was from Lashkar E Toiba and was planning attack on religious places (Temples) in Jammu. Later two more terrorists, Nadeem Ayoub Rather and Talib were arrested from Shopian and Ramban respectively.

IED recovered while probing drone attacks in J&K

After major twin blasts occurred, the security forces while probing the attacks recovered 5kg of IED from a Lashkar terrorist at around 2-3 km away from the Jammu airport. He was arrested after the security forces found him carrying the explosives. According to the police, the recovered IED, which purportedly belonged to a LET (Lashkar-e-Taiba) outfit, was planted at a crowded location. Another major attack was thwarted by the J&K security forces with the timely recovery of the IED.

IED recovered from Jammu and Kashmir

Earlier in the day, the Jammu and Kashmir Security Forces continued their successful attempts to thwart possible attacks in the valley region with another timely recovery of a 6 KG Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Srinagar. On-ground sources of Republic Media Network found out the recovery was made early on Tuesday from the Humhama area of Kashmir's Srinagar district. The bomb planted in a steel container and left on Srinagar's Airport area was jointly recovered by Jammu and J&K Police along with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel. A case has also been registered under relevant sections of the IPC.

The Jammu and Kashmir police along with the Indian Army also recovered three locally made Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) with 3 kg of urea from Kralpora village in Kupwara. The recovery was made during a search operation carried out in a particular location of Kupwara district's village. According to the on-ground report of Republic TV, police had raided all the houses of a location in Kupwara and had detected the explosives. The suspects have been identified and taken into custody for further investigation.