Security forces detect IED on Amarnath shrine route
Security forces today detected a 1.5 kg improvised explosive device (IED) on the route leading to Amarnath Cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir and destroyed it.
By PTI |
SRINAGAR: Security forces today detected a 1.5 kg improvised explosive device (IED) on the route leading to Amarnath Cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir and destroyed it.
The explosive device was found in a bag near the parking area meant for Amarnath pilgrims in Manigaon on the shrine route, CRPF spokesman Ajay Chaturvedi said.
"The IED was recovered by a patrolling team of the 118 battalion of the CRPF this morning," he said, adding that it was later defused.
Further investigations are on, he added.
The explosive device was found in a bag near the parking area meant for Amarnath pilgrims in Manigaon on the shrine route, CRPF spokesman Ajay Chaturvedi said.
"The IED was recovered by a patrolling team of the 118 battalion of the CRPF this morning," he said, adding that it was later defused.
Further investigations are on, he added.
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