Militant planning to attack polling bus held: J&K police

A wanted Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was arrested while he was planning to hurl a grenade at a bus hired for poll duty in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, the police claimed today.

A joint party of Army and police launched an operation after getting an input that militants were planning to carry out an attack in Kulgam, a police official said today.

The alleged LeT militant, identified as Shakir Ahmed Itoo, was arrested during the operation and a grenade was recovered from him, he said.

"Shakir was involved in a rifle snatching incident in Qazigund and he was arrested when he was planning to hurl a grenade at a polling bus," the police official claimed.
 

A "chinese hand grenade" was recovered from his possession, he said.

The Kashmir Valley had earlier seen unprecedented election-day violence when the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat byelection was held on April 9 following which the bypoll for the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat was postponed.