Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Apr 6: A bomb scare near Army Hospital, Rajouri, resulted into suspension of traffic and public movement on Jammu-Rajouri- Poonch highway for about an hour here this evening.
Official sources said that an abandoned bag was noticed by a local of the area on the highway near Alpha Gate, just closer to the Military Hospital, Rajouri this evening. He informed near by Army jawans. The soldiers immediately sounded alert and stopped the movement of public and vehicles suspecting some explosive material/ IED in the bag.
The police party led by SHO Rajouri also reached the spot. The movement of traffic on the busy highway came to halt. Then a bomb disposal squad was pressed into service and taking all precautions, they reached near the bag and found just some clothes and a bottle of cold drink in it. The police suspected that a bag of a passenger might have fallen down from the moving vehicle on the road creating scare. The traffic remained suspended for about an hour and then allowed by the security agencies.