Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, Mar 22: Army today conducted a sanitisation operation on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway using its bomb disposal and dog squads after observing suspicious material lying on it and recovered 14 smoke and 4 anti riots grenades.
“The Army, during the opening of the highway, observed some suspicious material near the Shaitani Nallah in Banihal belt today. Dog squads and bomb disposal squads were called in. Fourteen smoke Grenades and four Anti Riots Stinger Grenades were found”, defence spokesman said.
He said traffic on the highway was stopped for the brief period during the operation.
The spokesman said the smoke grenades were vintage in nature and bore markings of TSU, BSF, Tekanpur.
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