In a significant operation security forces successfully detected and neutralised an improvised explosive device (IED) in Shopian District, South Kashmir, preventing a potential disaster. The IED, concealed within a pressure cooker, was located at Kashwa Chitragam in the Zainapora sub-division.

Upon discovery, the area was promptly cordoned off by security personnel, allowing the bomb disposal squad to safely assess and dismantle the threat. The coordinated efforts of the Army’s 1st Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Shopian police, and the 178 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were instrumental in averting what could have been a major tragedy.

After Shopian Another suspicious object resembling IED found in Tral.

After destroying the IED in Shopian, security forces found another suspicious object resembling an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Pinglish Nagwadi Tral area of Pulwama district following which security forces cordoned off the area.

The Bomb Disposal Squad has been called in to destroy the explosive. Meanwhile, traffic in the area is diverted to avert any damage to locals.