NSG to MHA: Availability of bomb-making devices increases blast threats

EASY availability of chemicals and electrical components is behind the recent spik in the use of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) by rogue groups and elements in Jammu & Kashmir and other places like the recent Red Fort blast, the NSG has alerted the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

- MUKESH RANJAN @New Delhi

The anti-terror contingency force has requested the ministry to ensure stricter checks on such materials to thwart threat of such incidents.

Officials in the security grid of the country said that the National Security Guard (NSG) made an assessment following the Red Fort blast and identified the easy availability of bombmaking materials as one of the primary factors leading to the recent increase in IED explosions reported from across the country, particularly J&K.