Srinagar: Police on Tuesday claimed to have averted a militant attack by timely detection of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baramulla district of north Kashmir.
A patrol party of the Army noticed the IED planted by the militants by the roadside at the Saidpora crossing in the Dangiwacha area of Baramulla early in the morning, a police official said.
He said a bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot, which destroyed the IED in situ.
There was no damage due to the controlled explosion of the IED, the police official added.
