The Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF) has detained a woman who was accused of asking a man to make time bombs out of bottles.
Days prior, the STF had detained a man by the name of Javed on suspicion of manufacturing time bombs out of glass bottles filled with iron pellets. According to STF officials, Javed was en route to deliver the bombs to the woman.
In response to intelligence inputs, a team from the Meerut STF unit detained Imrana, a Muzaffarnagar district resident, on Saturday night, according to a press release.
“Imrana had known Javed for long and had asked him to make the bombs. Javed was arrested when he was on his way to hand over four bombs to Imrana,” read the statement.
Imrana reported to STF officials that she believed the communal riots in 2013 had caused damage to her home. The statement said that she had requested the bombs in case there was another riot or act of violence.
Additionally, Imrana is said to have admitted that she had previously stored these bombs at her home before giving them to other individuals.
In accordance with the applicable IPC sections, the STF has filed a case.
Javed, a Muzaffarnagar resident, was taken into custody on Friday, and the STF found four time bombs.
During interrogation, the arrested accused told the police that these four bottle bombs were improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The bottles were packed with gun powder-999, iron pellets, cotton, POP etc. Javed had made these bottle bombs at the behest of Imrana, wife of Azad, a native of Shamli currently residing in Muzaffarnagar.
He used to buy glucose bottles from doctors and iron pellets from cycle shops, besides arranging watches.
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) and ADG STF Amitabh Yash said the STF team arrested Javed around 11.45 am on Friday and recovered four-timer bottle bombs (IEDs) from his possession.
The police official said the Uttar Pradesh STF had been receiving information for a long time about missing or reward-declared criminals being active.
A case was registered against Javed at the Kotwali police station under the relevant sections of the IPC and the Explosive Substances Act.
In a statement, the police said a bomb disposal squad took the four bottle bombs in their possession and defused them in the forest of Nyajupura.
Interrogation revealed that Imrana had given Javed ₹ 10,000 in advance for making the bottle bombs and had told him that she would pay ₹ 40,000 later at the time of delivery. He was arrested on Friday when he had come to deliver these bottle bombs to Imrana.
On being interrogated about making the bottle bombs, Javed said he learned to make gunpowder and bottle bombs by staying at the place of his uncle Arshi, a firecracker maker, and he had obtained some information through YouTube and the internet.
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