Srinagar, April 1: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday arrested suspected bomber, Owais Amin, from Ramban. Owais, who is associated with the militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, was reportedly behind the car blast on Banihal stretch of Jammu Srinagar highway when a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was passing.

Owais, alias Musaib Jihadi and Huzaifa, was supposed to die in the blast, however, he changed his mind at the last minute and abandoned the vehicle before the explosion. The investigators found a suicide note from the blast site, according to which, Owais wanted to carry out a Pulwama-type terror attack on the CRPF to avenge the “atrocities” committed by “Baharat” against the people of Kashmir.

"I want to know from the sensible Indian people as to why Rizwan Assad Pandit was martyred. He had neither touched a gun nor gone to across the border. He was an innocent Kashmiri youth. This is why I preferred death to life and I hold it as my good luck," the suicide note reads. "I have decided to avenge these atrocities by strapping myself with explosives and blowing up ‘Indians’ responsible for the same," Owais said. Jammu And Kashmir: Four Terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba Gunned Down in Pulwama Encounter.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said the blast took place when a CRPF convoy was on the move on the highway. "The car caught fire and slight damage was caused to the rear of one of the CRPF vehicles. No injuries were caused to CRPF personnel. The incident is being investigated," the CRPF said in a statement. The police confirmed there was no loss of life in the incident.

On February 14, a suicide bomber devastated a CRPF vehicle at Pulwama, killing 40 troopers. The attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist group.

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