Srinagar, February 18 Security forces neutralized an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said here.
Security forces noticed a briefcase placed by the roadside at Narbal on the highway around 7 am, the officials said.
The area was cordoned off, and traffic on the highway was temporarily stopped as a bomb disposal squad was called to the scene.
After sanitizing the area, the bomb disposal squad destroyed the IED without causing any damage.