In a major move, Jammu Police on Saturday averted a tragedy by detecting and removing a an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing two kg along a busy road on Saturday evening, a police official said.
The IED, fitted inside a tiffin box, was found lying near a police check point on the Sidhra-Narwal highway stretch, the official said. He said traffic movement on the road was suspended immediately after the detection of the IED which was later removed by the bomb disposal squad.
The official said a case was registered and efforts underway to arrest those responsible for planting the IED. The alertness of police foiled the attempt to set off an explosion in Jammu, the official said. A police spokesman said they received information about some suspicious object on the highway near Narwal around 5.30 pm and rushed teams along with the dog squad.
"On search of suspicious material, it was found to be a tiffin box timer-based IED weighing around two kilograms which has now been taken into possession," the spokesman said, adding a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and further investigation is going on.
(With inputs from PTI)
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