Following the Lashkar Delhi terror plan warning, two IEDs were discovered in Punjab and Kashmir.

Security authorities issued a high alert, warning of a potential terror assault by the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Delhi, after two IEDs were discovered in Punjab and Kashmir. The timing of the episodes has caused anxiety, even though investigators have not connected the IED recovery to the terror plot alert.

An IED was discovered in a dubious bag close to the Rayya police station in Amritsar, Punjab, on Friday. According to police, the IED was diffused after the bomb disposal team arrived quickly. “A suspicious bag was spotted close to the police chowk. Immediately, the bomb disposal squad was called, and they confirmed it as an IED. Later, as per the protocol, it was diffused,” SSP Sohail Qasim Mir told 

Another IED was discovered near Safapora in the Ganderbal area of Kashmir on the same day. The IED was found and defused in a matter of hours by the army’s bomb detecting squad (BDS) and J&K police. 

In the past week, North Kashmir has seen the detection of three IEDs. An IED was discovered in Baramulla and on Tangmarag Road on Thursday.The development follows security authorities’ warnings of a potential Lashkar terror plot targeting Delhi’s tourism and religious attractions. 

According to sources, the group lead by Hafiz Saeed was purportedly looking for revenge for the suicide bombing at an Islamabad mosque on February 6 that claimed the lives of over 30 individuals. The Islamic State, however, took credit for the assault.