Security forces on Wednesday found a suspicious object along the Srinagar-Baramulla National Highway Ring Road near Hajiwara Payeen in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

Security forces immediately cordoned off the area, and necessary precautionary measures were taken.

A potential terrorist attack was foiled and neutralised with police, 29 Rashtriya Rifles, and the Bomb Disposal Squad responding at the scene.

Last week, Punjab Police busted a Pakistan-backed terror module and arrested one person, and recovered an IED.

The action was taken after receiving intelligence. The state special operations cell (SSOC) of Amritsar acted immediately and foiled the terror plan.

The development comes after the recent ‘Operation Kiya’ and  ‘Operation TRASHI-I’ in the Udhampur and Kishtwar regions.

Security forces neutralised Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, under operation Kiya, earlier this month. Similarly, under the Operation Trashi-I Indian Army’s White Knight Corps, J&K Police, and CRPF targeted Jaish terrorists under a tight cordon and search operation.