SRINAGAR: A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) was today detected by security forces at Lasjan on the Panthachowk-Parimpora stretch of Srinagar bypass road, police said.
A patrol party of security forces detected a suspicious object by the roadside at Lasjan this morning and summoned the bomb disposal squad, a police official said.
The bomb disposal squad carried out a controlled explosion to destroy the object, he said.
The traffic on the busy highway was suspended temporarily but restored after the bomb disposal squad finished its task, he added. (AGENCIES)
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