IED planted by militants on Srinagar-Jammu highway destroyed by police

A bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot which destroyed the explosive.

Security forces on Thursday detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

The explosive device was found on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

A patrol party of police detected the IED planted by militants between Kadlabal and Chursoo section of the National Highway in the morning, a police official said.

He said the bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot which destroyed the explosive.