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Plot to kill Azad foiled

Srinagar: A plot to assassinate Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in a suicide attack was foiled on Thursday with police arresting three terrorists, including a Pakistani national.

Pakistan-based groups Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashker-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen had planned to target Mr. Azad during his visit to Bandipore, 50 km from here, highly placed sources said.

The police had intercepted communications between these groups over the past three days, which spoke about the plan to attack Mr. Azad when he visited Bandipore to lay the foundation stone of a degree college.

Acting swiftly, police nabbed three terrorists, including a Pakistani national, who were to carry out the suicide attack.

This was the second such plot foiled by security agencies in a month.

— PTI

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