An attempt by suspected Kashmiri militants to blow up a jail and the administrative block of Ranchi College has been foiled. Following a tip off that suspected militants riding two two-wheelers with a plan to blow up Birsa Munda Central Jail and the administrative block of the college had left for their destinations, police rushed to the jail where they found an abandoned scooter outside the premises. 22 gelatin sticks, 10 detonators and 20 metres of fuse wire were recovered. The owner of the scooter, Mohammed Imtiaz, has been arrested and is being interrogated. Police suspect that some Kashmir-based militant outfit might have planned the attacks in protest against the incarceration of over a dozen foreign mercenaries at Hazaribagh Central Jail.
"G'bye, Mom! I'm off the bomb the jail!"
"Did you remember your hat, Mohammed? And where are your gelatin sticks, young man?" |