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Srinagar: Border Security Force (BSF) on June 6 foiled a major bid by the Hizbul Mujahideen to cause blasts in the city by seizing 25 kgs of RDX before it reached the militants, a BSF spokesman said.

The RDX together with three timers, five detonators and cordex wire was recovered by the troops of 96 Battalion of the BSF at Hawal area in downtown Srinagar early on June 6, the spokesman said.

The explosive, smuggled into the city, was found hidden in a graveyard adjacent to Islamia college, and it was seized before the militants could lay their hands on it.

"It was a swift and clean operation based on specific information," the spokesman said.

"However, no one has been arrested in connection with the recovery of the cache," he added.

The spokesman said BSF had intensified vigil in the city after receiving information through its sources that militants, particularly those belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen, were planning to carry out a series of blasts during the ongoing Assembly session.

PTI