Friday, February 22, 2008

Explosives found near Sonia's rally venue in J&K

NEW DELHI: In a major security operation held on Thursday, the CRPF along with the Jammu police busted a suspected Lashkar militant hideout in Baderwah area, where UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, is scheduled to visit on Friday. This militant hideout was just 800 metres away from the Congress president's proposed rally destination. Sonia and Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, are scheduled to visit avalanche-hit areas during their one-day visit to the state. While, the suspected Lashkar militants managed to flee, the police have seized an arms cache comprising 4 kgs of RDX, detonators and grenades. Meanwhile, the joint secretary in charge of Jammu is likely to discuss the security situation with the state authorities and seek more details about Thursday's action against militants. The militants are suspected to be from the Lashkar-e-Toiba group. Even though it is still unclear, if the militants planned to target Sonia, the Intelligence sources have said that the Congress President has always been under the terror radar. The Intelligence inputs have said that the militant group were to target Sonia Gandhi at vulnerable locations. The inputs notched the threat levels higher, especially when she travelled out of the capital, which is considered as her safe zone.

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