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| MI officials in dock over planting fake RDX | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: Of late one or the other controversy keeps on haunting the Indian Army which is not only a matter of disrepute for the armed force but a big cause of concern for the authorities.
After the exposure of controversial fake encounters, some army officials of Northern and Western Commands are now embroiled in a controversy where a "source" and an ex-army personnel allegedly in conspiracy with the Military Intelligence officials planted fake RDX explosives to earn cash rewards.
The nefarious nexus came to fore when Jammu police recovered a consignment of apple boxes near MLA's hostel on October 8 in which a cavity had been created to store a black material which was being projected as explosives. The boxes had detonators attached to it, triggering panic in the city.
The sources, however, revealed that after a detailed forensic analysis, the supposed-to-be explosive material turned out to be sand which was attached to wires and detonators that were brought from stone quarries to give a realistic look of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
The modus operandi in the whole dram was disclosed by during interrogation of the three accused arrested by the police, sources added
The trio accused identified as Mehboob Dar, an ex-serviceman, Ram Krishan and Mohammed Rafi were detained after a stone quarry dealer divulged during questioning that he had been supplying detonators to one of the accused Dar earlier also, the sources said.
With Dar's arrest and his revelations it was established that sand was planted in connivance with some army officials for monetary considerations.
He also claimed that the rate for planting of fake explosives at Jammu was fixed at Rs 60,000.
This incident comes four months after three youths were gunned down allegedly in cold blood by some army officials in Machil sector of North Kashmir. The state police has filed a chargesheet against an army colonel, two majors and six soldiers.
The arrest of Ram Krishen has raised eyebrows among the central security agencies as he has been instrumental in recovery of explosives for the Northern Command. During the probe carried out discreetly, it has been found that all such explosives were shown as "destroyed insitu" (destroyed on spot).
Dar and Rafiq are special police officers with the Jammu and Kashmir Police who have been since suspended by the Government.
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