An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found and then defused in North Kashmir’s Sopore, along Kupwara bypass road by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS). The operation was carried out by Army’s 52RR, CRPF and Sopore police. Following the standard operating procedure, traffic was halted on the usually busy Srinagar road, immediately after the big IED was found by the security forces.
The IED looked very big, due to which the bomb defusal operation, which was underway since morning 6 am, took about 4 hours for completion. Significantly the Srinagar road on which the IED was found is a location with heavy vehicular movement – It connects Baramulla, Sopore and also Handwara, Kupwara.
