Pulwama IED blast avert: Vehicle was carrying 40-45kg of explosives, says IGP Kashmir

Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar briefed media on foiling Pulwama car IED attack.

He mentioned that vehicle was carrying 40-50 kg of explosives.

"We had received information that a militant of Jaish-e-Mohammed is going to carry out the operation.

So we suspect that Adil (occupant of the car carrying IED) - a Hizbul Mujahideen militant is also in touch with Jaish-e-Mohammed.

He (Adil) intended to target vehicles of security forces.

We are calling expert teams from the outside.

We suspect that the vehicle was carrying 40-45 kg of explosives," said IGP Vijay Kumar.