Further searches led to another tank of this type with 50 detonators, the Army said.
New Delhi:
A major Pulwama-style attack has been prevented with the discovery today of 52 kilograms of explosives at a location very close to the road and also near the site of last year’s attack in which more than 40 soldiers were killed.
According to an Army statement, a joint search operation at 8 am today in “the Karewa area of Gadikal” revealed a Syntex tank that was buried in an orchard. Around 52 kilograms of explosives were found in that water tank. There were 416 packages of explosives with 125 g in each.
More searches led to another tank of this type with 50 detonators, the Army said.
The explosive is called “Super 90,” according to officials.
The place where the explosives were found is very close to the road and 9 KM from the site of the 2019 Pulwama attack.
On February 14 last year, more than 40 soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber rammed a car filled with explosives into a security convoy. Some 35 kg of RDX plastic explosives were used in the attack, in addition to jelly sticks.
Days later, the Indian Air Force carried out strikes to eliminate a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist training facility in Balakot, Pakistan. This was followed by an air battle along the Line of Control a day later, events that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
The National Investigative Agency recently said in a charge sheet that Pakistan-based terrorism mastermind Masood Azhar and his brother Rauf Asghar were the main conspirators behind the Pulwama attack.
The 13,500-page charge sheet also said that the Jaish terrorists had planned to carry out another attack and even had Fidayeen or suicide bombers ready, but were thwarted by the Indian airstrikes on Balakot.
The NIA listed 19 defendants and detailed how the planning and execution of one of the deadliest terror attacks in Kashmir was carried out from Pakistan, where the 11/26 terrorist Masood Azhar Jaish-e-Mohammad is based. .
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