The safety forces on Wednesday detected and destroyed an Improvised Explosive System (IED) fitted in a fuel cylinder at Lawapora in Srinagar, officers stated.
An official stated {that a} joint group of safety personnel comprising two Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Central Reserve Police Drive (CRPF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police discovered a fuel cylinder with an IED hid within the outskirts of Srinagar.
He added that the immediate motion of safety forces averted a possible catastrophe as they destroyed the IED.
Earlier in November, Jammu and Kashmir Police discovered a timer-based IED, weighing 2 kg, fitted inside a tiffin field on the Narwal-Sidhra freeway in Jammu.
The authorities obtained details about a suspicious object mendacity on the street close to a police checkpoint at round 5:30 pm. A police group together with a bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot and eliminated the explosive gadget.