In a major success in the valley, the security forces of India foiled another dreaded terrorist attack in Pulwama. The security forces prevented a massive car bomb attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama this morning after they stopped a vehicle carrying over 20 kg of an improvised explosive device (IED). The plan had chilling similarities with last year's terror attack in Pulwama when over 40 soldiers were killed as a suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a CRPF convoy.
Based on intelligence inputs, a white Hyundai Santro car with a fake registration number was signaled to stop at a checkpoint this morning, but it tried to accelerate and go through the barricade, the police said.
"The security forces opened fire. The driver managed to escape, leaving behind the car laden with IED," Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said. "We got intelligence about a possible attack. We were looking for a vehicle with IED since yesterday," he added.
The car, along with the IED, was later destroyed by a bomb disposal squad. The massive explosion damaged several houses in the area.
Mr Kumar said it was a joint operation by the army, police and paramilitary forces.
After the terror attack in the same district on February 14, last year, India bombed a camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed deep inside Pakistan. An air battle also followed between Indian and Pakistani fighter jets.