Overview

• The Indian Army’s 220-counter explosive device unit audited the Jeeda village house over two days and confirmed all explosive residues were cleared, allowing police to declare the site sanitised.
• Two high-intensity blasts on September 10 injured 19-year-old Gurpreet Singh and his father, with Gurpreet’s right hand amputated following the detonation.
• Investigators recovered a multi-pocket vest and say mobile-phone evidence indicates plans for a fidayeen attack, including an online bus booking to Kathua for September 11.
• A case has been registered under the Explosives Act and BNS sections 287 and 326(f); Gurpreet remains in custody until September 25 as Punjab Police, NIA, IB and Army continue the probe.
• Police report no evidence of external handlers so far, FSL analysis is pending, and a Rajasthan-based chemical supplier is under watch in the sourcing inquiry.