A suspected improvised explosive gadget (IED), planted in a tiffin field, was seized in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday, a senior police official stated.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Mohammad Aslam stated the thing was discovered from an open discipline in the city’s Kheora locality in the afternoon.

The space was instantly cordoned off. Bomb disposal squads and sniffer canine have been pressed into service and the fabric was seized, the officer stated, including that additional investigation is on.

Officials stated safety forces have launched a search operation in the city and checking has additionally been intensified following the seizure of the IED-like object.

Police and different safety forces are on excessive alert in the district following two terror strikes earlier this month that left seven folks useless and 14 injured.

While 5 folks have been killed in terrorist firing in Dhangri village on January 1, two kids misplaced their lives in an IED blast the following day exterior the home of one of many firing victims.

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