Srinagar: A major disaster was averted by the Indian Army on Thursday (September 17) after 52 kilograms of explosives were recovered in Jammu and Kashmir's Karewa area. It is believed that a terror attack similar to the one witnessed in Pulwama in 2019 was being planned with the explosives.
Amy officials told media that "we have averted another Pulwama-type attack." According to officials, the explosives were recovered near the Jammu and Kashmir highway and the location is around 9 kilometers from the site of the 2019 Pulwama terror attack which resulted in the deaths of 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel.
As per reports, the explosives were found in a water tank at the Karewa area of Gadikal during a search operation around 8.00 am. There were 416 packets of explosives with each one of them weighing 125 gm. In subsequent searches, 50 detonators were recovered in another tank in the area.
According to the defence forces, the explosives are called "Super-90" or S-90.
It needs mention here that on February 14, 2019, a suicide bomber had rammed an explosive-laden car into a CRPF convoy in Kashmir's Pulwama, which had killed 40 soldiers. The Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) had claimed responsibility for the attack, which was one of the deadliest in recent memory.
In response to the terror attack, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had conducted an airstrike on a JeM terrorist training camp in Pakistan's Balakot. This 'surgical strike' had heightened tensions between India and neighbouring Pakistan.
In August of 2020, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had filed a charge sheet in the case, detailing how JeM had planned and executed the Pulwama attack. Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf Asghar, who among those named in the charge sheet filed by the NIA.