Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 6: The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of Army today defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) after recovering it from a bag at Gulgam area in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Army’s BDS this afternoon defused an IED recovered from a bag. The IED was defused under the observation of special squad.
On the basis of information about some suspicious bag in the area of Gulgam, Kupwara, teams from 41 RR and 160 TA of Army, 68 Bn CRPF and JKP launched a joint search operation.
While searching the area, a bag was found in Panchayat Ghar. “The area was immediately cordoned off and Bomb Disposal Squad of Army was called in to investigate and it was found out that the suspicious bag was containing an IED”, an official said.
The IED was taken to a safer place and was defused successfully by the Army. They further said that the immediate, timely and precise actions by the Army and police averted nefarious designs of anti-national elements.
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