IED detected, defused in Kulgam

Srinagar: Security forces on Friday detected and later defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said.

An IED fitted in a pipe was detected near a local mosque at Shurat in the Kulgam district, a police officer said.

He said the explosive device was later destroyed by a bomb disposal squad team on the spot without causing any loss.