Jammu, Feb 02 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh on Thursday said that the J&K police have arrested one person in connection with the twin blasts in Jammu's Narwal in which 9 people were injured on January 21.
Arif, an LeT militant from Reasi, with connections in Pakistan, has been arrested, DGP Dilbag Singh said in a press conference. "The IEDs were timed in such a way to inflict maximum casualties," he said, adding that the police saved several lives by following the standard procedure.
He said Arif is a government teacher and was first employed under the ReT scheme in 2010 and then became a regular teacher in 2016.
"He was given money after carrying out these IED attacks," he said, adding that Arif was part of a module which is being used to carry out such attacks.
He also said first of its kind 'perfume IED' was recovered from him by the police. "Perfume IED is one of its kind. It is shaped like a perfume bottle. The police are trying to learn more about it."
The DGP also said that Arif had ties with another militant, Kasim, who is based in Karachi and was allegedly behind the Shastri Nagar IED blast and the Katra bus attack.
Two back-to-back blasts rocked Jammu's Narwal area, about 5km from the Sunjwan army camp on January 21, injuring nine people. (KNS)