SRINAGAR: Security forces on Wednesday detected and destroyed a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) on the Handwara-Baramulla highway in Kashmir, officials said.
A joint patrolling party of police and army found a suspicious bag by the roadside on the highway at Langate in the Handwara area of Kupwara district, the officials said.
They said a bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot and the suspicious bag taken to an isolated place.
The bomb disposal squad destroyed the suspected IED in a controlled explosion, the officials said, adding there was no damage done.