Pattan: A bomb disposal squad (BDS) defused a suspicious object likely an improvised explosive Device (IED) after it was detected by forces in Pattan area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir, officials said on Monday.
Officials said that a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police along with Army’s 29 Rashtriya Rifles, Police and SSB detected a suspicious object likely IED on Srinagar-Baramulla highway at Hanjivera in Pattan.
Shortly after the detection of the object, traffic was halted and the movement of people was restricted, they said. They added that a BDD was rushed to the spot which destroyed it without causing any harm.
