A group of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) is preparing for a Lethpora (February, 2019) type IED attack in Jammu and Kashmir in the run up to the Republic Day celebrations or in the subsequent period.
Other groups like Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Hizbul Mujahideen are separately fabricating IEDs to carry out hits in the Valley.
A group of the LeT operating in Hajin area have fabricated an IED and concealed it at an undisclosed location in Parray Mohalla, Hajin in Bandipore district of Jammu and Kashmir, according to an input with the security agencies.
The IED is likely to be used in the Pattan-Baramulla highway stretch to target security forces in the near future, according to the input.
An IED is being fabricated in village Gundibagh under Kakapora police station in Pulwama) by the JeM operatives for the planned hit.
Sameer Ahmad Dar, a local terrorist of JeM along with three to four other militants are involved in this preparation, according to the inputs.
Sameer Ahmad Dar is being assisted by Riyaz Ahmad Dar alias Khalid of LeT/The Resistance Front. Two bags of around 15-20 kg each of explosive material are in their possession for fabrication of the IED, the inputs have revealed.
Sameer Ahmad Dar is cousin of Adil Ahmed Dar, who carried out the CRPF convoy attack on February 14, 2019 at Lethpora, Pulwama.
Another group of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants is planning an IED attack on security forces near Lethpora, Pulwama around January 26, 2021. An IED weighing around 15 kg, fabricated in a gas cylinder, has been prepared.
Security forces camps of CRPF and a nearby Army cam on National Highway-44 and a security force Naka (check post) near Ladhoo Crossing (NH-44), where a SF vehicle is routinly parked, are assessed to be likely targets.
A recee of the area has already been carried out by the Hizbul operatives.