Islamic Front plan to foment communal violence in Jammu foiled

Police on Sunday foiled a plan of pro-Pakistani Islamic Front (IF) to foment trouble by triggering a chain of explosions at sensitive places in Jammu city, a senior police officer said. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu P L Gupta told reporters that on a tip off, police teams conducted searches in different areas of city and outskirts to track down two militants, who had infiltrated from Pakistani into Jammu via International Border in middle of April.

These militants had also stayed in a hotel in Jammu city and planning to trigger blasts and resort to firing at different communal sensitive areas in the temple city, Gupta said.

After some days of constant operation, police personnel were able to arrest both the militants Saturday evening from Domana area of Jammu, he said. They have been identified as Basharat Majid Mir code Sahil of Kupwara and Bashir Ahmed Bhat code Shabir of Punjwa, he said adding both belonged to Islamic Front outfit and were responsible for attack on Raghunath Temple in Jammu city last month.

Police recovered one AK rifle, one Chinese pistol, eight hand grenades and some explosive material dumped by them in Sujalpur in Domana area, Gupta said.
Bureau Report