IED detected on Srinagar-Jammu highway, traffic halted briefly

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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

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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.