Security Forces Foil Terror Plot In Jammu-Kashmir's Rajouri, Recover & Destroy IED. Probe Underway

During the operation, a suspicious object was found in Rajouri alongside the road which turned out to be an IED during the examination.

New Delhi: Jammu & Kashmir Police on Saturday found a suspicious object lying alongside the road in Rajouri which was identified as an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED).

An official statement by the Rajouri police informed that the security forces foiled a terror plot by recovering the IED on Rajouri Gurdan road, news agency ANI reported.

According to the statement, a credible input was received by Jammu and Kashmir police about suspicious movements in Gurdan Chawa village on Rajouri Gurdan road.

"On this, Jammu and Kashmir police teams from Army, Special Operation Group of Police, and teams of the Army launched a joint Cordon and Search Operation in the area in the early morning hours Saturday," Rajouri Police stated.

During the operation, a suspicious object was found lying there alongside the road which turned out to be an IED during the examination.

The recovered IED was taken to a safer location and was destroyed.

"The Bomb Squad of police later took the material in its possession for further destruction as per SOPs and through a controlled explosion which was then destroyed in a safer location," the Police informed.

Further investigation into the matter is underway. 

(With Agency Inputs)