IED event in Jammu & Kashmir, Jammu District area, India on Thu 24th February 2022

Hours after the Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired at a drone along the International Border in RS Pura sector of Jammu District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on February 24, Police recovered three remote controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), six grenades and a pistol besides other ammunition, reports Daily Excelsior. On the basis of inputs regarding drone activity and dropping of arms and ammunition by Pakistan based militant outfits Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) / The Resistance Force (TRF) on the behest of ISI in RS Pura, Arnia area, special search operation was launched by Police including Special Operation Group (SOG). “During the search operation three boxes of the arms ammunition which were dropped through drone during night hours were recovered by the search party from the Treva village of Arnia/R.S. Pura,” Police sources said. The arms, ammunition and explosive recovered during the search operation include three remote controlled IEDs, as many detonators, 3 explosive bottles, one bundle of Cordtex wire, two timers of IEDs, one pistol, two magazines, six grenades and 70 rounds.