Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 9: It was timely information of police that the precious life of Sandeep Mawa was saved. Sandeep Mawa himself revealed on a national TV channel that police informed him about 3 pm on Monday that terrorists were going to attack him.
“Within minutes after getting information about the possible terror attack, I immediately returned to my home in a small car just to mislead the terrorists who were roaming near my shop”, he said.
“I have an XUV (vehicle). I got a call around 3 in the afternoon from the police that I could be targeted. So, I left home in my small car. Ibrahim Khan went to take my XUV from the store around 8 pm. The terrorists were roaming there in the dark. He thought it was me and pumped four bullets on Khan”, he said.
Ibrahim Khan, 45, of Bandipore district, who was working as a salesman at Mawa’s shop, is survived by his parents, wife, a daughter, and a son. Mawa says Ibrahim was employed with him for the last 15 years. “I don’t know how to face his family. It feels as if I am responsible for his death,” Mawa said.
Highly placed sources said that after Union Home Minister, Amit Shah’s recent visit to J&K, intelligence agencies have become more active and alert. “Shah has given a clear message to the intelligence agencies that they have to get authentic inputs about activities of terrorists”, sources said and added that it was the result of the warning of Amit Shah that intelligence agencies got prior information about a possible attack on Sandeep Mawa. |
