Srinagar, Dec 9 || An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detected on Monday by the security forces on the Srinagar-Baramulla Highway in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on Monday, thereby averting a major tragedy.
Officials said that traffic on the Srinagar-Baramulla Highway was suspended after the security forces detected an IED in Palhallan area of the highway on Monday morning.
“The timely detection of the IED averted a major tragedy on the highway. A bomb disposal squad is now defusing the IED so that traffic on the busy highway is restored”, officials said.
Teams of 29 Rashtriya Rifles, Sashastra Seema Bal and police are on the job, officials added.
Terrorists have been using remote triggered or pressure IEDs to target convoys of the security forces and the Army on roads, streets and highways in J&K.
These explosive devices have also been used by the terrorists to target VIP cavalcades in J&K.