Srinagar: An Improvised explosive device of 15KG was found by police in the Litter area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, officials said.
"Police and SFs averted a major tragedy by recovering 15Kg IED planted by (militants) in village Armullah, Litter,” IGP Kashmir said in a tweet.
He said two associates involved in incident have been arrested.
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The IED was detected on the roadside following which a bomb disposal squad was rushed to the area.
A day before explosives wrapped in gelatine sticks were recovered from a bus in Jammu. Before that, another IED was diffused on north Kashmir’s Baramulla Srinagar highway.
Earlier, this week, air-dropped IED parcels were found inside tiffin boxes at J&K’s Kathua.
