Pulwama: Liquid explosives have resurfaced in the Kashmir Valley after 17 years as stated by Police that following the Sethar operation in Pulwama, South Kashmir, a raid was conducted based on information provided by an accused OGW during interrogation about the liquid IEDs.
A recent raid by police led to the recovery of such “difficult-to-detect (d2d)” Improvised Explosive Devices which was recovered with the assistance of one of the Over Ground Workers (OGW), arrested after a gunfight in which one the oldest surviving local militant Riyaz Dar and an OGW Rayees Dar were killed in Pulwama’s sethar on 3 June, Police said.
During interrogation, one of the OGWs said the militants were given shelter and provided with logistics by Bilal Ahmed Lone, Sajjad Ganie and Shakir Bashir, all residents of Nihama in Pulwama. The OGW network was unearthed and these three persons were arrested later, Police said.
Explosive experts from the military decided to destroy the IEDs, weighing around 6 kg and stored in a plastic container, considering them to be dangerous, Police added.