A sinister plot to target senior BSF officer, posted in the Samba sector of Jammu frontier, was foiled with the timely detection of a parcel bomb late Sunday evening.
According to official sources, "a motorcycle borne youth had delivered a parcel, meant for deputy commandant of 173 Batallion, at the sentry gate of a BSF unit in Samba sector on Saturday evening".
For some unknown reasons the packet could not be delivered to the officer concerned on Saturday.
On Sunday evening, BSF jawans reported the issue of non delivery of a parcel, to be delivered to a deputy commandant.
On learning the details, the deputy commandant was contacted but when he clarified he was not expecting any delivery, the BSF officers suspected some foul play.
Following the standard operating procedure, the local unit officers contacted local police and bomb disposal squad.
The technical persons, after carefully examining the parcel, defused the same and foiled a bid to target the BSF officer.
According to official sources, "an IED fitted parcel, with explosive material was diffused by the bomb disposal squad late sunday evening in Samba".
Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba and DIG, Jammu-Kathua range also visited the BSF unit late sunday evening to ascertain the details.
BSF authorities have handed over the parcel bomb along with other material to the police authorities for carrying out further investigations in the case.
The BSF authorities are also looking at the footage of the CCTV camera to ascertain the identity of the parcel carrier who had actually delivered the parcel at the sentry gate of the BSF unit late Saturday evening.