Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 11: Security forces detected an IED-like object in Pattan area today following which traffic on the Srinagar-Baramulla National Highway was temporarily suspended, officials said.
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The suspected IED, kept in a bag, was found by the forces at Hanjiveera on the National Highway in 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.
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