District Police busted a module of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit and arrested five of its operatives in Srinagar in Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on January 16, reports Daily Excelsior. The Srinagar Police also recovered huge quantity of explosives from the operatives. Deputy Inspector General of Police (IGP), VK Birdi addressing a news conference said, five persons involved in grenade attacks were arrested and they were planning further attacks ahead of Republic day. He added that after two grenade lobbying incidents on November 26, 2019 and January 8, 2020 in Hazratbal area, an investigation was started by the Police which initially led to the identification of two of them. “They came on a two-wheeler and lobbed a grenade. Their intention was to disturb the normal life,” he said. IGP, Birdi also informed that searches and raids were conducted at various places and on the revelations of the operatives, and explosives, detonators, body waists, sharpenels, ball rings and bearings were also recovered. “From the recovery, it seems they were planning big attacks including (Improvised Explosive Devices) IEDs,” he added.