Srinagar: Security forces today detected an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the outskirts of the city on Srinagar-Baramulla road, police said.
Sources say the IED weighing 3 Kgs wrapped in a cloth inside a bag was meant to target security forces.
A patrol party of CRPF noticed the bag under a culvert at Narbal on Srinagar-Baramulla Highway and immediately called for a bomb disposal squad, a police official said.
He said the IED fitted, with a rocket, was destroyed in the nearby open fields. There was no damage done in the controlled explosion of the explosive.
"A major tragedy was averted with the timely detection of the IED as the Srinagar-Baramulla road is always busy and used by civilians and security forces alike," the official said.
Meanwhile, security forces recovered two mortar shells, concealed in a gunny bag, at Brakpora in south Kashmir Anantnag district, the official said.
He said the bomb disposal squad had rushed to the spot and the IED was defused.
Sources say the IED weighing 3 Kgs wrapped in a cloth inside a bag was meant to target security forces.
A patrol party of CRPF noticed the bag under a culvert at Narbal on Srinagar-Baramulla Highway and immediately called for a bomb disposal squad, a police official said.
"A major tragedy was averted with the timely detection of the IED as the Srinagar-Baramulla road is always busy and used by civilians and security forces alike," the official said.
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He said the bomb disposal squad had rushed to the spot and the IED was defused.
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