SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&K police claimed Thursday to have arrested government teacher Arif Ahmad, suspected to be a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, for three bombings in the Jammu division over the past year.
The three bombings include two synchronised explosions of “perfume bombs” in the busy industrial area in Jammu city on January 21 that woun ded ninepeople. Investigators picked up the scent of “perfume bombs”— IEDs rigged into aerosol cans of room freshener and dronedropped from the Pakistan side of the border—following the arrest of the suspected Lashkar operative who they said had planted the explosives in two parked vehicles. DGP Dilbag Singh said when Arif was prodded, investigators found he had a role i n Jammu blast and Katra bus bombing that killed four passengers.
The three bombings include two synchronised explosions of “perfume bombs” in the busy industrial area in Jammu city on January 21 that woun ded ninepeople. Investigators picked up the scent of “perfume bombs”— IEDs rigged into aerosol cans of room freshener and dronedropped from the Pakistan side of the border—following the arrest of the suspected Lashkar operative who they said had planted the explosives in two parked vehicles. DGP Dilbag Singh said when Arif was prodded, investigators found he had a role i n Jammu blast and Katra bus bombing that killed four passengers.
