Forces defuse IED found in Pulwama village

PULWAMA — An improvised explosive device (IED) recovered from a Santro car in Avengund area of Rajpora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district was defused by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad on Thursday morning.

An official said that a joint team of forces including 44 RR, Pulwama Police and CRPF recovered the improvised explosive device (IED) after searching the vehicle.

“We had received inputs about movement of the vehicle carrying IED 4-5 days ago,” he said.

He said bomb disposal squad teams were called to the spot who destroyed it. The official said that there was no loss of life or property in the incident.