India: Canada-based gangster behind IED bomb planted under Police SI’s car

With the arrest of seven persons including a man who planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the car of Punjab Police Sub-Inspector in Amritsar, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Saturday said that it is yet another Read More …

India: Man who planted IED under cop’s car in Amritsar among seven held

Punjab Police have cracked the Amritsar improvised explosive device (IED) case with the arrest of seven persons, including a man who had planted the explosive under a sub-inspector’s car August 16, police said on Saturday. The police claimed it to Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 10kg IED recovered in Pulwama

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing over 10kg in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The device is being destroyed right now, the police said. They said that the explosive was found in the Tral Read More …

Russia detains IS suicide bomber plotting terrorist attack in India

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday said that its officers had detained a suicide bomber, a member of the Islamic State terrorist group, who was plotting a terrorist attack against one of India’s leadership elite, Russia news agency Read More …

India: 2 more persons held for planting IED under Punjab cop’s vehicle

Two more persons were arrested in connection with an improvised explosive device (IED) planted under the vehicle of Punjab Police sub-inspector Dilbag Singh in Ranjit Avenue locality of Amritsar. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a man from Shirdi on Read More …

India: Car cleaner alerts Punjab cop of suspicious material under car, turns out to be IED

The quick thinking by a car cleaner prevented a major mishap as he alerted its owner, a sub-inspector, of a suspicious object under his sports utility vehicle (SUV), which later turned out to be Improvised Explosive Device (IED), the police Read More …

India: Police to reward those who detect dummy IEDs

The Delhi Police has decided to reward people who will detect the dummy improvised explosive devices (IEDs) which were planted by the Special Cell in different districts of the national Capital, a senior officer said on Saturday. The Delhi Police Read More …

India: MHA Approves Rs 45-Cr CRPF Plan To Purchase Vehicle-Mounted Jammers To Combat IED Threat

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has approved Rs 45.19 crore for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to purchase vehicle-mounted Remote Controller Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) jammers for use in hyper-sensitive areas especially in Jammu and Kashmir and for Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: IED recovered from Srinagar

Police today recovered 6 kg of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) material on National Highway from a person in Srinagar. A police spokesman said that Srinagar police on technical inputs arrested one person – Zahid Ahmad Mir son of Abdul Aaziz Read More …

India: 30 ‘dummy IEDs’ planted across Delhi to check police alertness, 12 found

To check preparedness of police departments in the national capital, the Delhi Police Special Cell “infiltrated and planted” 30 dummy improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in places with high footfall over the past month, of which only 12 were detected — Read More …

India: Over 600 Explosives, 495 Detonators Seized In Anti-Maoist Operation In Bihar

An assortment of more than 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and around 500 detonators have been recovered by CoBRA commandos during a recent anti-Maoist operation in Bihar, officials said Wednesday. The recoveries were made last week in the jungles of Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Sticky bombs, pistols, grenades seized from captured LeT militant’s hideout in Rajouri

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized arms, ammunition and explosives from a hideout of arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Talib Shah in the Draj area of border Rajouri district. The seizures include six sticky bombs, one pistol along with three Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists arrested for 2 Rajouri blasts, IEDs seized

Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists have been arrested in connection with the recent blasts in Kotranka and Budhal areas of Rajouri district but the police are still looking for Lashkar commander Talib Shah who led them, police said on Tuesday. Additional director Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: IED recovered on Srinagar-Baramulla highway, defused

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on Srinagar-Baramulla highway near Putkha area of Sopore subdivision was recovered and defused by the security forces and police on Saturday morning. A police official said that the security forces from 52 Rashtriya Rifles Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 3 magnetic IEDs recovered from shot down drone in Dayaran area

Ahead of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, police shot down a Pakistani drone carrying three magnetic improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the International Border (IB) in Kanachak sector of Akhnoor in Jammu on Monday night. Police said the drone was shot Read More …

India: LeT terrorist, two associates arrested in Udhampur court complex blast investigation

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist and his two associates in connection with the low-intensity IED explosion outside a court complex in Udhampur district in March in which one person was killed and 14 were Read More …