A major tragedy was averted with the timely detection of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the Srinagar-Baramulla national highway on Monday. The suspected IED, kept in a bag, was found by the forces at Hanjiveera on the national highway in the early hours of Monday.
Following the detection of the IED, security forces tightened and halted the traffic movement in Baramulla. Jammu and Kashmir Police, Indian Army were present on the spot. Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) a bomb disposal squad was summoned to neutralise the suspected IED. As per the news agency PTI, the bomb disposal squad safely relocated the suspicious object to nearby fields and destroyed it through a controlled explosion without causing any damage.
Earlier on September 3, security forces found IED-like material on a national highway at Sangpur village of the border district of Rajouri and destroyed it. The IED was planted inside a tiffin box and was found lying on the roadside by the army’s road opening party at the village Sangpur along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway. "The IED—like material was spotted alongside NHW at Sangpur village of Rajouri after which the road was closed," said the official sources.
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