Srinagar, May 29 (KNS): Police have said that it has identified the owner of the vehicle carrying Improvised Explosive Device(IED) intercepted in Pulwama on Thursday.
It said that the owner happens to be active militant of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen from Shopian district.
According  to official source “The Santro car which was used for IED belongs to Hidayatullah Malik, an active Hizbul Mujahideen militant who is a resident of S Shopian. He had joined militant ranks in July last year,” a senior police officer wishing not to be named said.
iGP Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar on thrusday while addressing the media said From few weeks Pulwama police were recieving inputs that militants associated with JeM and HM are jointly planning to carry out an IED blast any time but after prompt and speedy action of forces, militant's design was frustrated in a technical and professional manner", IGP said.
He said, "Pulwama Police, Army and CRPF laid Nakka in the district on Wednesday night during which they fired some warning shots after seeing a Santro car in which militants were travelling". He said the militants fled from the scene and was caught at another Nakka where they abandoned the vehicle and escaped from the spot by taking advantage of darkness.
IGP added subsequently the car was taken into custody and on Thursday morning Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was brought who technically and professionally defused an IED.
Termed the action by forces a 'big success', IGP added militants were intended to carry out a big misadventure on eve of Jang-e-Badr and a local militant namely Adil Ahmad, who works for both JeM and HM, was given the task to carry out the attack. He added that militants were planning to target the forces convoy in a same manner as they rammed IED borne vehicle on February 14, 2019 in Srinagar-Jammu highway in Lethpora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. (KNS)