Jammu, February 17
A major tragedy was averted on Wednesday with the timely detection of a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted in a pressure cooker on a busy highway in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
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, the officials said.
Rajouri Senior Superintendent of Police Chandan Kohli said, This morning, a road opening patrol of the Army found a suspicious object along the highway near Manjakote. Soon, traffic was controlled on the highway and a bomb disposal squad called in. The suspected material, packed in a fruit packing box, has been destroyed through a controlled explosion, he said.