For the record: ‘G-B governor not target of bomb’
For the record: ‘G-B governor not target of bomb’
GILGIT:
Ghizer DC Rai Manzoor on Saturday cast aside speculation about Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Governor Pir Karam Ali Shah being the target of an improvised explosive device (IED) planted along a roadside in the district a day earlier. The bomb disposal unit (BDU) defused an eight-kilogramme bomb fitted inside a water cooler in Sipli. The cooler was placed along a road leading to the governor’s residence. Manzoor, however, said the bomb was not connected to a wireless remote and hence the governor’s motorcade which frequents the route was an unlikely target of the terror bid. “The bomb wasn’t connected to a remote-controlled device, it is thus unfair to establish a link with the governor’s motorcade,” he maintained. Police reached the spot at 8am on Friday. The road remained cordoned off until the BDU defused the explosive at around 12:30pm. A security official privy to the investigation said miscreants were probably transporting the bomb elsewhere, but left it on the deserted road due to heightened security at checkpoints. A case has been registered with Ghizer police and further investigation is under way.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2015.
Ghizer DC Rai Manzoor on Saturday cast aside speculation about Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Governor Pir Karam Ali Shah being the target of an improvised explosive device (IED) planted along a roadside in the district a day earlier. The bomb disposal unit (BDU) defused an eight-kilogramme bomb fitted inside a water cooler in Sipli. The cooler was placed along a road leading to the governor’s residence. Manzoor, however, said the bomb was not connected to a wireless remote and hence the governor’s motorcade which frequents the route was an unlikely target of the terror bid. “The bomb wasn’t connected to a remote-controlled device, it is thus unfair to establish a link with the governor’s motorcade,” he maintained. Police reached the spot at 8am on Friday. The road remained cordoned off until the BDU defused the explosive at around 12:30pm. A security official privy to the investigation said miscreants were probably transporting the bomb elsewhere, but left it on the deserted road due to heightened security at checkpoints. A case has been registered with Ghizer police and further investigation is under way.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2015.