On February 2, Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, identified as,Mohammad Auraf Sheikh alias Arif, from Reasi District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), for carrying out multiple blasts in J&K, reports Daily Excelsior.An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted inside a perfume bottle was recovered from his possession. Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh stated that arrested accused used to get IEDs and sticky bombs from the International Border (IB) in Jammu, Samba and Kathua Districts in J&K where they were drone-dropped by LeT operatives from Pakistan at the behest of LeT ‘commander’ Mohammad Qasim. He has accepted his involvement in thebombing of the bus on May 13, 2022,IED explosion in February 2022 and the twin explosions at Narwal in Jammu District in J&K on January 21, 2023.