Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh on Friday (April 28) stated final week’s terror assault in Poonch, by which 5 troopers have been killed, was carried out with the assist of some locals. He claimed {that a} terror plot has been uncovered and 6 locals have been arrested for sheltering the terrorists.
Five troopers have been killed and one injured after the terrorists attacked the lone Army truck, which was carrying eatables for iftar to a close-by village, within the dense forest space of Bhata Dhurian late on Thursday afternoon and the car caught hearth. The troopers have been from a Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counter-terror operations.
‘Explosives and weapons came from Pakistan’
According to DGP Singh, the explosives and weapons came from Pakistan through drones. The April 20 assault was well-planned. He stated that the terror assault was executed by three to 5 terrorists. They first did a recce of the world, understood the terrain after which selected the spot of assault, he stated.
Singh stated that police have to date questioned greater than 200 folks and the operation to neutralise the terrorists concerned within the assault is underway. “Six persons (of a module) have been arrested. They include those who have provided material (weapons, ammunition, explosives) to the terrorists besides shelter and food and guided them from one to another place,” Singh instructed reporters throughout a go to to Rajouri district.
‘Such incidents not possible without local support’
“We are getting clues during questioning. We are working on that,” he added. Singh, who visited Darhal and distant Budh Khanari space within the foothills of snow-covered Pir Panjal mountains, additionally stated that such incidents will not be doable with out local assist.
“One full module in this has been caught. They were giving them support for the past two to three months. A local named Nisar and his family were providing all support from food to shelter. The material (explosives) had come from Pakistan through a drone. They picked up the weapons and provided them to the terrorists. Weapons, grenades and ammunition explosives were included in that,” he stated.
He added that safety forces are figuring out extra local assist. “They will be working on it strongly. The terrorists choose places close to forests, where they get local support and also have escape routes into forests,” he stated.
‘Nisar was fully involved along with other family members’
Giving additional particulars in regards to the module, Singh stated Nisar has been a terrorist for a very long time. “He was working as OGW of Pakistan origin LeT commander in the 1990s. He was under our radar. We had picked him two to three times in the past for interrogation. He was in our list of suspects and was picked this time too,” he stated. “When interrogated, we found he was fully involved along with other family members,” the DGP stated.
On the modus operandi, he stated that the terrorists first did recce of space, understood the terrain and regarded elements like velocity of the car to come back all the way down to zero in view of downhill terrains and sharp flip on the place of assault. “They came close and ambushed the vehicle. Then they fired on the vehicle which got damaged. The troops got injured. They planted an IED, set it on fire and exploded it,” he stated.
‘Floating population of terrorists coming from Pakistan’
Singh stated there’s a floating inhabitants of terrorists coming from Pakistan. “They remain here for several months. They do recce and such acts. We have neutralised several of them also in the past. Two to four such terrorists remain active during a period of time,” he stated.
According to Singh there are 10 to 12 such parts working within the space. On the usage of Chinese metal core ammunition, he stated that it was used within the Dhangri incident too. “The terrorists come better prepared for such attacks,” he stated.
(With PTI inputs)
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