By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : Police claimed to have averted a major tragedy after diffusing an IED Placed near Court Complex in Pulwama district of North Kashmir.
A patrolling party of Police and 182 Bn CRPF detected an IED weighing around 10 Kilograms, kept on road, near court complex Pulwama, official sources told News Agency of Kashmir. The IED was packed in a hot-case as was planted to target army, civilians, they added.
Sources said that, the whole area was immediately evacuated by the Police to avoid any civilian causality. Later the IED was safely diffused by Bomb Disposal Squad of Pulwama Police.
Meanwhile, a patrolling of 46 Bn CRPF found a shot coat lying in suspicious circumstances at Kalwal Mohalla Rainawari from which one hand grenade was recovered.
A live grenade was also found and diffused by Ganderbal Police at Saloora, falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Ganderbal.
However no arrest has been made in this regard.