IED Defused On Srinagar-Baramulla Highway, Traffic Restored

Srinagar- Government forces detected and defused improvised explosive device (IED) along a highway in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday, officials said here.

Officials said that some suspicious box, suspected to carry an IED, was found at Bulgam Hygam near Timepass hotel in Sopore area of the North Kashmir.

Soon police and Army’s 52 RR rushed to the spot and subsequently called Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS). As a precautionary measure, a police officer said that traffic through the area was suspended.

The object turned out to be an IED and was safely defused by the BDS, he said. Traffic through the area has also been restored. “A case has been registered.”

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