J&K : Pressure cooker IED found in Pampore

CRPF personnel today detected and defused a pressure cooker IED near a railway station in Pampore area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The recovery of the IED comes just two days ahead of Republic Day celebrations in Kashmir, where security has been beefed up to thwart any attempts by militants to stage attacks.

A spokesman of the CRPF said that "an IED



fitted in a three-litre pressure cooker was detected by alert jawans of the force at Kandizal-Tangpora village near the railway station."

A bomb disposal squad of the CRPF was summoned and the IED was defused without causing any damage.

Security forces have been deployed in strength at strategic locations in the city to prevent militants from moving around.