IED detected, defused on highway

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, September 27

An improvised explosive device (IED) kept in a pressure cooker was recovered on the Srinagar-Baramulla national highway today.

The IED was detected by the Army at around 11.30 am near Zangam, nearly 30 km from Srinagar. The traffic on the highway was also blocked after the detection of the IED.

“When the Army found the explosive in the area, it was cordoned and later sanitised to avoid any injury to the local population,” Defence spokesman in Srinagar Col Rajesh Kalia said. “The IED was later defused at 2 pm,” he said.