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IED found on Srinagar-Baramulla highway in J-K
Officials said a bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot and the suspicious object taken to an isolated place.
SRINAGAR: Security forces on Monday detected and defused a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway in Kashmir, officials said.
A joint patrolling party of police and army found a suspicious object by the roadside on the highway at Palhallan in Pattan area of Baramulla district.
Officials said a bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot and the suspicious object taken to an isolated place.
The bomb disposal squad destroyed the object in a controlled explosion, the officials said, adding there was no damage done.