Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 11: Army this morning averted a major tragedy as it recovered a pressure cooker based Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted along the Srinagar Bypass.
Army troops during a routine road opening procedure, detected a suspicious object on the Srinagar- Baramulla National Highway Bypass near Lasjan bridge in the morning.
“The area was cordoned off immediately on either side of the road and traffic was stopped to avoid threat to the civilian lives. The IED was recovered and destroyed by the Bomb Disposal team of Army and Traffic was soon resumed”, a Defence spokesman said.
The spokesman said that the quantity of explosives used on such a busy stretch of an important road could have resulted in serious damage.
In the meantime, militants this evening hurled a grenade on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bunker outside the State Bank of India in South Kashmir’s Pulwama town.
The grenade exploded with a bang without causing any loss. Senior police and CRPF officials rushed to the spot to assess the situation.
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