'Sticky bombs sent via drone': police on Udhampur bus blasts ahead of HM Amit Shah's J&K visit

Days after twin explosions inside two buses rocked Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur, police arrested two persons on 2 October 2022. The attacks had alarmed security forces as they came just days before Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits the Union Territory on 4 October.

Police reportedly said that a person named Mohamad Amin Bhat settled in Pakistan was behind the attacks. Bhat has been accused of contacting a terrorist named Aslam Sheikh through social media, and providing him with 3 sticky bombs and 4 improvised explosive devices through a drone. Sheikh then allegedly placed the explosives in two buses.

The first blast took place in a parked bus near a petrol pump at Domail Chowk at around 10:30 pm on 28 September. Two persons were injured. The second blast took place in a stationary bus at the old bus stand Udhampur at around 6 am on 29 September.

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Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir for 2 days beginning 4 October.