IED recovered in Mendhar, while earlier sticky bombs were recovered

By: Musaib Iqbal MK

Srinagar

Police said on Wednesday that they have recovered an IED at the banks of the river in Mendhar of Poonch district where they earlier recovered 4 sticky bombs a few weeks earlier.

Police said that soon after the recovery of the IED, bomb disposal squads along with the security forces destroyed the recovered IED.

According to the news agencies in their news reports on Wednesday about the recovery of IED in Mendhar area of Poonch they have said as follows.

The bombs were destroyed along banks of a river near Bharirakh in Mendhar, a police officer said.

Besides SHO Manzoor Kohli, SDPO Mendhar Z A Jaffri were present when the bombs were destroyed.

The SDPO said that the bombs, recovered along with an IED on August 13 in Mendhar, were destroyed on the directions of a court.

The bombs were claimed to have been recovered at a joint naka by BSF, police and army.

“During checking a suspicious person identified as Mehmood Hussain son of Mohammad Munshi of Kasbalari was apprehended and during his personal search an IED having four sticky bombs and an amount of rupees 10500 have been recovered from his possession,” the officials had said, adding, “In this regard an FIR no.313/2021 u/s 23 ULAPA has been registered in police station Mendhar.”

With Agencies inputs