IED found in Srinagar, destroyed on the spot

Police and CRPF detected a suspicious bag lying at Khawaja Bazar Chowk in Nowhatta area of Srinagar and a bomb disposal unit found a suspicious IED in the bag, police official said.

(Image for representation) Bomb disposal squad (File Photo | ANI) 

SRINAGAR: Security forces on Friday detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in Nowhatta area of the city, police said.

"Police and CRPF detected a suspicious bag lying at Khawaja Bazar Chowk in Nowhatta area of Srinagar," a police official said.

He said a team of bomb disposal squad was called to the spot, which "found a four to five litre pressure cooker (suspicious IED) in the bag".

The bomb squad later destroyed the IED on the spot, the official said.