Srinagar: Security forces today detected an Improvised explosive device in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to officials, a joint patrolling party of security forces detected the IED concealed in a sand bag near a bus stop at Chatloora in Dangiwacha area of the district.
The IED was apparently planted by militants to target security forces, an official said and added that a bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot which destroyed the IED without causing any damage.
This was the second IED found by security forces in north Kashmir in the past four days.