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| Timely probe averts tragedy | | LeT had planned major attack on yatra | |
ET REPORTER
Jammu, July 24: An investigation conducted by the Army and Police have revealed that the terrorist organisation Lashker-e-Toiba had planned a major offensive to attack the convoy of Amarnath yatra in National Highway.
The security personnel, however, claim that with the timely interpretation of the attack plan seized from the possession of slain LeT Commander, the attack has been foiled. "There could have been a disaster if the plan was understood in time", said a senior Police officer. The plan was unravelled by scrutinising the documents recovered from the possession of self-styled LeT chief operational commander Khalid-ur-Rehman alias Abu Umair.
Abu Umair, also responsible for the killing of valiant Police officer Shailly Singh, was eliminated by the Police and Army in a joint operation in Bhaderwah area last week.
A number of important documents, including mobile phone and laptop containing details about Lashkar's activities in the country, were recovered from the possession of Abu Umair.
The LeT commander, who was a Pakistani national, had directed his associate Abu Muslim, Lashkar's 'Operations Incharge' for Ramban-Banihal belt to target Amarnath convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway as soon as possible, learnt the Police after scrutiny of seized documents.
''Two suicide bombers (fidayeens) were already at his disposal who had taken shelter somewhere in Nachlana area of Banihal to target the yatri's covoy,'' an official said. Abu Muslim, operating in Banihal-Ramban belt for the last eight months, had sufficient arms and explosives at his disposal, the documents revealed, he added.
Meanwhile, soon after decoding the message from the documents, the security arrangements at Ramban-Banihal belt were intensified on Ramban-Banihal section of the highway to ensure smooth passage of the Amarnath yatra, police sources said.
Khalid's mobile phone number 9906062848, whose calls were monitored and traced by police, which ultimately trapped him in Haveli Mohalla in Bhaderwah, had also given police vital clues about the over ground network of the LeT outfit especially in entire Doda district.
''A vast network of Khalid had been exposed from his mobile handset and SIM card,'' sources said adding that the militant had tried to destroy the handset, SIM and laptop but could not succeed in his attempt.
The search operations had already been launched by army and police to trace the other members of his network, who had been assisting him in carrying out militant activities, sources said, adding that some of them might have gone underground while some others were likely to be arrested.
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