Express News Service Posted online: Friday, June 16, 2006 at 0307 hours IST
Jammu, June 15: WITH the arrest of two youth from Rajouri bus stand this evening, the police today claimed to have solved the case pertaining to grenade attacks at General Bus Stand in Jammu on Monday wherein one conductor was killed and 31 others injured.
The arrests followed inputs from Intelligence Bureau, sources said, identifying the arrested youth as Mohammad Farooq and Mohammad Yakus, both residents of Mendhar.
SSP Rajouri, Farooq Khan, said that they owed allegiance to Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit. After sustained interrogation, they have confessed to have carried out grenade attacks at Jammu Bus Stand, Khan said, adding that they have also revealed the names of their other accomplices who are still in Jammu.
‘‘We have alerted the police there and informed them of revealations made by the accused during interrogation. We are also sending the arrested youth to Jammu,’’ he added.
‘‘As information has been provided to Jammu police about other accused, they will also be most likely arrested tonight,’’ SSP added.
Within 30 seconds on Monday morning, three grenades were lobbed by the militants and thereafter managed to escape. The same day, nearly 12 suspects were picked up by the police from hotels adjoining the bus stand, while four suspects were rounded up from Dharmari in Udhampur district during the past two days.
