Srinagar: Security forces on Thursday claimed to have averted a major tragedy with timely detection of an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by militants in Pulwama district of south Kashmir.
“Two associates of terrorists have been arrested in connection with the recovery of the IED,” a senior police official said.
“Police and other security forces averted a major tragedy by recovering an IED, weighing around 15 kilograms, planted by terrorists in village Armullah in Litter area of Pulwama,” he said.
The official said a case has been registered in this regard.
