Major Tragedy Averted, IED Defused On Srinagar-Jammu Highway

Alert security forces on Thursday averted a major tragedy when they detected and defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Srinagar-Jammu nation highway, the only road linking Kashmir valley with the rest of the country. Official sources said that a Road Opening Party (ROP) on Thursday noticed some suspicious object on the highway at Laram Gangipora, Khudwani in Anantnag district of south Kashmir. Traffic was immediately suspended from both sides on the highway and Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was summoned. “The traffic was diverted through Wanpu,” they said. The IED was later defused without causing any damage, they said, adding had it not been detected and defused it would have caused huge damage to life and property.