Jammu Air Force Station blast: NIA team reaches blast site for investigation

A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reached the Jammu Air Force Station on Sunday to investigate two explosions that occurred at wee hours today.

All the flight operations on Sunday took place normally from the Jammu airport except for two earlier flights which were cancelled due to operational reasons.

Due to the two explosions that occurred at the Air Force Station here, some damage was caused to the concrete structures at the Air Force Station. It is yet to be established whether drones were used to drop low intensity bombs at the Air Force station.

Meanwhile, Additional Director General Police (ADG) Jammu, Mukesh Singh told reporters that the police have arrested a militant near a mall in the jurisdiction of the Trikuta Nagar police station from whose possession an IED weighing 5 Kgs has been recovered.

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“Use of drone with payload in both the blasts at Jammu airfield suspected to drop explosive material. Another IED weighing 5-6 kgs was recovered by Jammu police. This IED was received by LeT outfit operative & was to be planted at some crowded place” said J&K DGP Dilbagh Singh to ANI.

A major terror attack has been averted with this recovery and the suspect is under interrogation. More suspects are likely to be picked up in this foiled IED blast attempt. An FIR has been registered by Police and a probe is underway regarding the case. The Police are also working on Jammu airfield blasts along with other agencies, added the J&K DGP.

(With inputs from IANS)