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Suspected IED found in J-K’s Pattan; traffic on Srinagar-Baramulla highway temporarily suspended

Suspected IED found in J-K's Pattan; traffic on Srinagar-Baramulla highway temporarily suspended

PTI

Srinagar, September 11

Security forces detected an IED-like object in Pattan area of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday following which traffic on the Srinagar-Baramulla national highway was temporarily suspended, officials said.

The suspected IED kept in a bag was found by the forces at Hanjiveera on the national highway in the early hours, they said.

They said while the traffic on the highway was suspended as a precautionary measure, a bomb disposal squad was summoned to neutralise the suspected IED.

The bomb disposal squad removed the suspicious object to the nearby fields and destroyed it through a controlled explosion without causing any damage, the officials said.