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Police unearth militants plans to detonate IED through mobile

Srinagar, Aug 30: Jammu and Kashmir police today claimed to have unearthed militants' plans to use mobile phone for detonating improvised explosive devices to target security forces.

Director General of Police Gopal Sharma said two such devices, which can trigger IED explosions using mobile phones, were recovered by police while investigating the recent upsurge in militancy related violance in the valley.

On August 8, a car-bomb was detected on Airport road. The car was fitted with an IED having a circuit that would have been triggered by a mobile phone call, he said.

The DGP said it was for the first time that explosives, which can be detonated by use of mobile phones, have been recovered from anywhere in the country.

Explaining the functioning of the IED, he said a call is made from anywhere on the mobile phone attached with the IED circuit and after the call is through, a specific code number assigned to each circuit is dialled by the caller to trigger the explosion.

During the investigation of this highly sophisticated car bomb, it was revealed that a module of Hizbul Mujahideen was active in the area and intended to cause havoc and kill innocent people on the eve of Independence Day.

Asked where did the militants procure the circuits for IEDs, Sharma said these are not made in India. They come from the neighbouring country where all the grenades and explosives come from.

The DGP said the police achieved success in solving other militancy-related cases in the city with the arrest of four militants in separate operations.

--- PTI

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