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| MI officials' role under scanner: IGP Jammu | | IED recovery case | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 11: A former army man and an SPO were among six persons arrested in connection with recovery of IEDs in high-security MLA hostel area in Jammu city on Friday with IGP Jammu zone saying that "some" Military Intelligence (MI) officials were under scanner.
"We are investigation the role of some officers of Military Intelligence in IEDs recovery case in Jammu," Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Ashok Gupta said.
An official monitoring the case said that the explosives were brought by five-member militant module from Gandoh belt of Doda district to Jammu for delivery to one Ram Krishen - an ex-serviceman who was arrested today.
An army official, on condition of anonymity, said, "We had given information to the CID about the IEDs".
While Hizbul Militant Muneer Ahmed Malik alias Munna was arrested soon after he dropped apple boxes containing the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on parapet near the MLA hostel area in the city on Friday, his associated Munib Ahmed was arrested at Chenani of Jammu-Srinagar highway, police said.
"Police also arrested an SPO working with Gandoh Police Station Mohmmad Rafi alias Pinka, Mohmmad Ashraf, Nizam-ud-Din alias Nazakat yesterday", Deputy Inspector General of Police, Doda-Kishtwar range, Muneesh Sinha said.
A Special Investigation Team of police is probing the case, especially to find out how such a large quantity of IEDs were transported from Gandoh belt of Doda district to Jammu without any checking along the route.
Police are still looking for dismissed SPO Mehboob Dar while arrested SPO Rafi was also sacked today.
During investigation, it was disclosed that Rafi was involved in fabricating IEDs along with Dar. Asharaf, a carpenter, made apple boxes and concealed the IEDs in them and Nizam-udi-Din had arranged the vehicle for carrying the explosives to Jammu, police claimed.
The IEDs were recovered on the first day of Navratras when the city had stepped up security.
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