IED defused in Rajouri
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 17: A major tragedy was averted today with timely detection of a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted inside a pressure cooker on the busy highway in Manjakote area of Rajouri district.
The suspected IED was found on the roadside at Manjakote on Jammu-Poonch highway and was subsequently destroyed by the Army’s Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS), reports said.
“This morning a Road Opening Party of the Army found a suspicious object along the highway near Manjakote. Soon, traffic was controlled on the highway and a Bomb Disposal Squad was called in. The suspected material, packed in a fruit packing box, was destroyed through a controlled explosion,” police sources said.