The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) through a controlled mechanism at Selfie Morh near Ban Toll Plaza along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
Following specific input that an IED has been planted near Selfie Point, the movement of vehicular traffic was stopped as a precautionary measure and a search was undertaken by SHO Nagrota, police officials said. The Bomb Disposal Squad was called which destroyed the said IED on the spot through controlled explosions, they added.
Jammu SSP Chandan Kohli said that the explosive device was detected on the roadside at Selfie Morh near Nagrota during a regular sanitisation operation. It was later destroyed by the technical team of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) through a controlled mechanism.
A case under relevant sections of law has been registered and an investigation has been taken up, he added.
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