New Delhi, Aug 6 (IBNS): Police on Monday claimed to have foiled a major terror plot of triggering blasts with the arrest of a man carrying eight grenades in Jammu.
Media reports quoted the police as saying that the 25-year-old man, identified as Irfan Hussain Wani, admitted that he was a member of the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind led by Zakir Mussa.
Inspector General of Police, (Jammu) S D S Jamwal told reporters that Irfan Hussain Wani, who hailed from Dangerpora-Awantipora village of south Kashmir, was arrested from Gandhi Nagar locality of Jammu city on Sunday.
"He was carrying this cache of grenades to Delhi to hand it over to a contact. These grenades would have been used to disturb the Independence Day celebrations," Jamwal said.
Acting on intelligence inputs, police intercepted a bus in Gandhi Nagar area in Jammu on Sunday night and arrested the man. Eight live hand grenades and Rs. 60,000 in cash were recovered from him.
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