Army man carrying 2 grenades arrested by police at Srinagar airport

The detained army jawan has admitted to his crime.

Srinagar, April 3: On Monday, police arrested an army jawan, who was carrying two grenades, from Srinagar airport in Jammu and Kashmir, reported the media. "J&K: Army jawan carrying 2 grenades arrested by police at Srinagar airport. More details awaited," tweeted ANI.

J&K: Army jawan carrying 2 grenades arrested by police at Srinagar airport. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/VUPrZAOxE0

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 3, 2017

Later, army sources told reporters that the jawan is a native of Bhosoli Gaom village in Darjeeling. The jawan, identified as Rifleman Bhupal Mukhia, was interrogated at a police station in central Kashmir's Humama. Mukhia admitted that he was carrying the grenades.

He told the police that he was carrying the grenades so that he could cause a blast in the river during his fishing. The Jawan has also admitted to the involvement of junior-level officers with him (jawan) being the courier.

Further investigation is on to know the exact reason behind the entire incident, said army sources. Mukhia was arrested by the anti-hijacking squad at the airport.

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