'Local support is very important, without it the terror attack couldn't have taken place.' 'Explosives were secured, the IED was manufactured, the boy was brainwashed and converted into a suicide bomber... it takes a lot of planning and hard work.'
MAGE: Security forces examine the debris after the suicide bomb attack on a Central Reserve Police Force bus in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, February 14, 2019. Photograph: Younis Khaliq/Reuters At 3:15 pm, on the afternoon of Valentine's Day, Adil Ahmad Dar, a Class 12 student rammed a Mahindra Scorpio SUV loaded with around 100 kg of explosives into a bus carrying Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir.The Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for the attack -- which left 41 CRPF jawans dead, the highest toll in the Kashmir valley -- has angered the country.Shesh Paul Vaid, a Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Police Service officer, served in different capacities in the most volatile areas of the Kashmir valley, from 1988.In September 2018, as J&K director general of police, he was transferred to the general administration department as transport commissioner, believed to be a punishment posting following the kidnappings of relatives of security personnel in the valley and his stance for justice for the Kathua rape and murder victim.The recipient of several gallantry awards, Vaid was tasked with containing the violence in the valley after Hizbul Mujahiddin terrorist Burhan Wani's killing in July 2016.
Report/owned by: Kartar Singh Email: Source Location: J&K Published on: 16/02/2019 04:59 pm