Powerful IED detected on Srinagar-Jammu highway

Srinagar: Security forces on Thursday detected and defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway, officials said.

Police said a patrol party of the security forces detected a powerful IED on the highway at Charsoo in south Kashmir`s Pulwama district.

"The IED planted by militants was successfully defused thereby averting a major tragedy on the busy highway", a police officer said.