Car had registration plate of motorcycle

Car had registration plate of motorcycle

Kathua, May 28: The explosives-laden car, through which Jaish-e-Mohammad was planning a terror attack, had a fake number plate which belongs to a motorcycle seized in Hiranagar. Kathua SSP Shailendra Kumar Mishra told agencies that the bike has been seized.

“We got to know that IED-laden Santro car having number plate of Kathua has been found in Pulwama. When we probed the matter and found that it is number plate of a bike here in Hiranagar Police Station area. The bike has been seized and brought to the Hirangar Police Station,” Mishra said.

He said the police are investigating how the number was fixed in the Santro car.

Jammu and Kashmir Police said Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) had the main role in planning the car bomb attack in Pulwama which was thwarted by security forces.

Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir said that Hizbul Mujahideen assisted the JeM.