Ultras take to deceptive terror tactics
Sunaina Kaul
Tribune News Service
Sarol (Rajouri), August 23
Various militant outfits operative in the state are adopting innovative techniques to carry out blasts. The latest in the arsenal is “rum bomb” as they use wine to lure people that trigger the blast.
Security agencies, too, have geared up to tackle these new techniques being adopted by the terror outfits to carry out attacks against security personnel.
“With an aim to gather people in large number and cause more destruction, militants plant an IED under a rum bottle that attracts people and when they lift the bottle, blast occurs,” informed Naik Manohar Kumar, an instructor at the Corps Battle School in Sarol in Rajouri district.
Besides rum bombs, the militants are also using improvised explosive devices (IED) concealed in transistors and other electronic gadgets like radios and bells. They are also using IEDs that are light sensitive called light depending device (LDD). Such IEDs explode when sun light falls on them.
Kumar said: “To inflict more damage, the militants resort to the usage of remote-controlled IEDs that can be operated from a distance. These IEDs are more dangerous as they can be exploded whenever required. The militants are also using IEDs with timer devises.”
Besides these, the other kinds of IEDs that are used commonly by the militants includes suitcase bomb, tiffin bombs, doll bombs, mine bombs, photo bombs, table bombs, reed magnet bombs, parcel bombs and book bombs.
“These bombs can be planted in polythene bags, cycle, bike, car and sweet box. These IEDs are usually planted on roadsides, under culvert where search becomes difficult,” he added.
The Army, which has been fighting the 20-year-old insurgency in the state, too has adopted various techniques to counter the growing threat of the use of IEDs by the terror outfits. The Corps Battle School has been providing specialised training to soldiers to counter the growing threat from militant outfits.
“Delay mechanism, ambient mechanism, anti-handing and commando mechanism are used by the Army to defuse IEDs. Out of these four mechanisms, delay and commando mechanism are mostly adopted by the Army to defuse a bomb. In such IEDs, the Army delays time setting of the bomb. Bomb suits are used during the time of neutralisation of bomb planted anywhere,” said Naik Manohar Kumar. The Army also uses vehicle search mirrors, telescopic handheld mirrors, PIR sensor and metal detector to detect explosive.
“Passive infra red is used to detect bombs during night time. Red rays from PIR helps to detect the movement of any suspected element in the area,” Kumar said.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
happy ending story of another shopian woman....A poignant tale of mother of 5 daughters
Jupinderjit Singh
Tribune News Service
Jammu, August 23
While the rape and murder of two women in Shopian was still haunting people’s mind, a mentally-challenged Muslim woman from the same town was saved by a Kashmiri Pandit girl. This shopian woman has, fortunately, a happy ending to her tale.
Rukhsana, 23, a mother of five daughters, walked out of a hospital this afternoon with her husband Saleem Ahmed after treatment at a Jammu psychiatric hospital for over two weeks. Deepika Thussoo, a Kashmiri Pandit girl and project head of CRY, had rescued here and got her admitted to the hospital.
A news report in The Tribune last week helped her reunite with her husband and brother. The Tribune had written about such mentally-challenged persons wandering on Jammu roads and the experience of the NGO about harassment faced in getting them protection.
Saleem Ahmed Halwayi, her second husband, revealed that Rukhsana had been missing for the past 53 days. “Though I had lodged a missing report with the police the same day, I got a call two days ago informing that Rukhsana was admitted to a Jammu hospital by an NGO, Children Rights and You (CRY).” “She was Rukhsana,” said Ahmed with moist eyes. “She has a troubled past. She would disappear often, but return after four or five days. This time, it took too long.”
Deepika had spotted the girl sitting precariously over the railing of the Tawi bridge a fortnight ago. She saved her from falling over and got her admitted to the psychiatric hospital, where Dr Chander Mohan treated her.
Rukhsana’s life is a poignant tale of how life of a girl is disturbed if she is married off while she is still a minor. Rukhsana remembered her name after a few days of treatment. Later, she recalled how she got disturbed when a woman had taken away her newborn daughter.
Rukhsana said her first husband behaved very badly with her and often used to beat her. “He divorced me when I protested after giving birth to our fourth daughter. Later, Saleem married me.” Rukhsana’s brother Mohammad Wakeel said their family basically belonged to Uttar Pradesh, but had settled in Shopian. “My parents had set up a sweet shop here.” The shop was closed now and the family was earning a living by selling socks by the roadside in Srinagar.
Tribune News Service
Jammu, August 23
While the rape and murder of two women in Shopian was still haunting people’s mind, a mentally-challenged Muslim woman from the same town was saved by a Kashmiri Pandit girl. This shopian woman has, fortunately, a happy ending to her tale.
Rukhsana, 23, a mother of five daughters, walked out of a hospital this afternoon with her husband Saleem Ahmed after treatment at a Jammu psychiatric hospital for over two weeks. Deepika Thussoo, a Kashmiri Pandit girl and project head of CRY, had rescued here and got her admitted to the hospital.
A news report in The Tribune last week helped her reunite with her husband and brother. The Tribune had written about such mentally-challenged persons wandering on Jammu roads and the experience of the NGO about harassment faced in getting them protection.
Saleem Ahmed Halwayi, her second husband, revealed that Rukhsana had been missing for the past 53 days. “Though I had lodged a missing report with the police the same day, I got a call two days ago informing that Rukhsana was admitted to a Jammu hospital by an NGO, Children Rights and You (CRY).” “She was Rukhsana,” said Ahmed with moist eyes. “She has a troubled past. She would disappear often, but return after four or five days. This time, it took too long.”
Deepika had spotted the girl sitting precariously over the railing of the Tawi bridge a fortnight ago. She saved her from falling over and got her admitted to the psychiatric hospital, where Dr Chander Mohan treated her.
Rukhsana’s life is a poignant tale of how life of a girl is disturbed if she is married off while she is still a minor. Rukhsana remembered her name after a few days of treatment. Later, she recalled how she got disturbed when a woman had taken away her newborn daughter.
Rukhsana said her first husband behaved very badly with her and often used to beat her. “He divorced me when I protested after giving birth to our fourth daughter. Later, Saleem married me.” Rukhsana’s brother Mohammad Wakeel said their family basically belonged to Uttar Pradesh, but had settled in Shopian. “My parents had set up a sweet shop here.” The shop was closed now and the family was earning a living by selling socks by the roadside in Srinagar.