Vigil Intensified After Spate of IED Detections

Four explosives defused by security forces in Valley within 7 days

- FAYAZ WANI @ Srinagar

In a cause of concern for the security agencies, at least four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by militants in the Valley were timely recovered and defused by the forces.

Although timely detection of the explosive devices averted major tragedies, security forces have intensified vigil and patrolling across the Valley to foil attempts to trigger violence.

The latest IED was detected and defused by the army's Road Opening Party (ROP) at Sunrise Point along the Bandipora-Srinagar highway in north Kashmir on March 19.