fat Mohidin

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, March 9

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the top security brass in Kashmir, telling them to be on the highest alert as the Jaish-e-Mohammad is planning a Pulwama-type suicide attack.

In a written security advisory, accessed by The Tribune, sent by the Director, Security, MHA, to the top security brass in Kashmir it has said that “it is reported that the JeM outfit members active in Pulwama district are preparing for another fidayeen/spectacular attack in next three days. Although the said terrorist attack was scheduled to be launched after two weeks, the group has decided to pre-pone it, owing to the developments happening on the Indo-Pak front and anti-militancy operations against the JeM,” said the advisory.

On February 14, a JeMsuicide bomber, Adil Ahmad Dar,had rammed his explosive-laden car into a CRPF convoy on the Pulwama highway, killing 40 personnel.

Officials in the Valley have been asked to be on alert as the JeM is planning another attack.

“In view of the above, the peripheral security of vital installations and forces guarding the installations be kept on alert to thwart any such attack.”

The oil companies in the state have also been advised to keep on alert the forces guarding the vital installations.

In a written communication to the J&K Police, they have been asked to furnish the details of the two JeM militants, one local and another foreign named as Muna Bihari who are said to be in possession of “crude bomb lot”. The said group, according to the security agencies, are active in Pulwama and Shopian villages.