Is Liquid IED a new challenge for the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir?

Pulwama

While security forces have been dealing with multiple attacks in the Jammu region in the last one week, they have a new challenge to deal with. After decades, terror groups in the valley are using difficult-to-detect liquid Improvised Explosive Devices (IED'S). 

According to top police sources, In a recent recovery by Jammu and Kashmir Police in South Kashmir's Pulwama district, the Over the Ground Workers led to the recovery of these difficult to detect liquid Improvised Explosive Devices (IED'S), which they had hidden in an apple orchard.

Jammu and Kashmir Police had recently killed Lashkar Terrorist Riyaz Dar and Rayees Dar in an operation and had busted a group of Over the Ground Workers in the same district. 

Jammu and Kashmir Police had earlier said that ''Following the encounter of LeT commander Reyaz Dar and his associate Rayees Dar on 3/6/24, during further investigation, Puwamal police recovered 02 IEDs weighing 06Kgs from the OGW network of the slain militants. 03 arrests have been made for providing shelter and logistics support.''

The terror groups have changed a lot of their strategies in recent times. Also, a lot of foreign terrorists now remain mostly active in the Jammu region. 

They cross the Line of Control or International Border and directly reach into Rajouri Poonch area which also becomes the first area of attack. On the other hand, security forces have this new challenge at hand, Liquid IED's are difficult to detect and can easily avoid general detection methods.

When the OGW network was unearthed, and three persons were arrested, it was revealed that the two slain terrorists had prepared IEDs which were subsequently recovered from the possession of Shakir Bashir who hid them in the orchards. 

The said IEDs were packed in a plastic container along with the explosives, and active circuit trigger mechanism which weighed around 06 Kgs and was later destroyed in situ by Pulwama police and army.

According to the top police official, the forensic teams are working on the findings of the IED's destroyed in the orchard. 

The Liquid IED is either trinitrotoluene (TNT) or nitroglycerine. The Police had recovered three bottles filled with white liquid packed in Plastic. Jammu and Kashmir Police had released the photos and also the video of an explosive device blast in an orchard.

The shift in the strategies of terrorist organisations in the Union Territory will pose a big challenge for the security forces this summer.