RAJOURI/JAMMU: Security forces on Thursday recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing around three kilograms in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said.
The recovery was made during an anti-terror operation launched in Kakora village under the jurisdiction of Manjakote police station, they said.
Officials said that based on specific intelligence inputs, security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Kakora village.
During the operation, suspected material was recovered from a forest area, which was later examined by the Bomb Disposal Squad and found to be an IED, they said.
The IED, weighing around three kilograms, was destroyed through a controlled mechanism, they added. (PTI)