Explosion in Jammu on day of PM Modi’s visit may be an IED dropped by drone

The mysterious blast which took place hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first public appearance in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, may have been an IED dropped by a drone, highly placed sources said.

Residents of Lalian village in the Bishnah area of Jammu reported a suspected explosion hours before PM Modi arrived on Sunday, sounding alarm bells in the security grid. Locals claimed they heard a noise similar to a drone just before there was a loud blast.

Sources in the security forces said that they are also probing the angle that a drone could have dropped an IED, close to the venue of the prime minister’s rally. A top officer told India Today, “Terror groups like Jaish and LeT have been desperate. The terror groups wanted to deter the rally from taking place. Both Jaish and LeT have drones which they could have deployed.”