Famous Afghan pots, made of aluminium and used for cooking delicious recipes, have now been introduced by the Pakistan based terrorist handlers to trigger powerful explosions targeting security convoys inside the Indian territory.
On Wednesday one such pressure cooker, made in Afghanistan, was recovered by the Indian troops after they successfully foiled a major infiltration bid along the line of control in Poonch.
The IED weighed approximately 10 Kgs and had markings of a local manufacturer identified as Pir Baba, makers of Afghan Pressure cookers.
Indian army troops also managed to apprehend three terrorists after a brief exchange of firing in which one of the jawans also received injuries.
According to a Jammu based Defence Spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Devender Anand, “during the intervening night of May 30-31 a joint team of security forces intercepted a group of terrorists attempting to infiltrate inside the Indian territory taking advantage of the bad weather conditions and heavy rains in the region”. Lt Col Anand said, “around 1.30 a.m when an Indian army ambush challenged the group of terrorists they were fired upon. In the retaliatory firefight terrorists received injuries. The blood trails have been traced in the forward area”, he added.
The Defence Spokesman said, during the search operations in the area the security forces apprehended three terrorists with some weapons, war like stores including one pressure cooker IED and packets of narcotics.
During their preliminary interrogation the apprehended terrorists revealed their sinister plot to target the security forces with the help of pressure cooker IED. One Indian Army soldier was injured in the ensuing firing and has been evacuated. Search operations are in progress, the defence spokesman added.
The security forces have recovered 01x AK-56 Rifle with balance 10 rounds in the magazine( rest ammunition has been fired by the terrorist who is subsequently injured), 02 x Pistol with 02 x Magazines and 70 rounds, 01x IED of approx 10-12 kg, 06 x Chinese Grenades and 20 Packets of Narcotics.