Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday claimed to have arrested a person and recovered explosive substances from his possession in southern Pulwama district.
“Police in Pulwama arrested one individual carrying #explosives substances & IED. Case registered. Further investigation is in progress,” said the police on Twitter.
A police spokesman, in a statement, said that the police and the forces intercepted a vehicle at a naka at Tumlahaal.
He said safety fuses, detonators, explosive substances and materials used for making IEDs and other incriminating materials were recovered from the possession of Mayour Ahmad Khan son of Mohammad Afzal Khan resident of Panjran Pulwama.
“The individual was arrested and a case under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Litter in the matter. Further investigation to probe his complicity in terror crimes is going on,” he said.
