Srinagar: Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was halted on Thursday for a few hours after an improvised explosive device (IED) was detected in Kashmir`s Anantnag district.
The security forces found the IED during the morning patrolling in the Wanpoh area of Anantnag, which was later diffused by the bomb disposal squad, thus averting a major tragedy.
Jammu and Kashmir: A suspicious item has been detected at National Highway in Wanpoh of Anantnag. Police and Army are present at the spot. pic.twitter.com/sFnFoYNOy7
— ANI (@ANI) November 21, 2019
The IED was suspected to have been planted by the militants to trigger an explosion, sources said.
The national highway was open for one-way traffic with vehicles going from Srinagar to Jammu on Thursday.
Security in the valley has been tightened amid reports of militants trying to regroup.
