Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 4: A major tragedy was averted with the timely detection of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) – weighing two kg – along a busy road on Sidhra-Narwal highway on outskirts of the City this evening.
The IED, fitted inside a tiffin box, was found lying near a police check point on the Sidhra-Narwal highway stretch, police said, adding the IED was fitted with a timer.
Traffic movement on the road was suspended immediately after the detection of the IED which was later removed by the Bomb Disposal Squad and defused.
An official said a case was registered and efforts underway to arrest those responsible for planting the IED.
The alertness of police foiled the attempt to set off an explosion in Jammu, the official said.
A police spokesman said they received information about some suspicious object on the highway near Narwal around 5.30 pm and rushed teams along with the dog squad.
“On search of suspicious material, it was found to be a tiffin box timer-based IED weighing around two kilograms which has now been taken into possession,” the spokesman said, adding a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and further investigation is going on.
Efforts are on to identify the militants responsible for planting the IED and nab them, police said.
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