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Bid to bomb Kashmir bus route foiled

April 01, 2005 09:53 IST
Last Updated: April 01, 2005 10:59 IST


Foiling militants' plan to target the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus, Border Security Force personnel recovered 117 kg of powerful explosives hidden in four scooters on the route, a BSF spokesman said on Friday.

The scooters were seized on Arampur-Srinagar and Arampur-Highgam roads on the Srinagar-Baramulla Highway Thursday evening.

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Acting on specific information that militants will try to target the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus, to be flagged off by the Prime Minister on April 7, BSF troops had set up several check points on the route.

The four explosive-laden vehicles were recovered between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm, he said.

No arrests have been made so far.

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