Srinagar, Jun 11 (IANS): Prompt action by the security forces on Saturday averted a major tragedy on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway in Jammu and Kashmir where an improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered.
Traffic was suspended after a suspicious object was located in Sangrama stretch of the highway.
"The IED was recovered in Putkha area of Sangrama in Baramulla sistrict by 5 Rashtriya Rifles and the J&K Police. Efforts are on to defuse the IED," the police said.