Rajouri/Jammu, Oct 16 Security forces on Friday destroyed an improvised explosive device (IED) recovered during an anti-terror operation in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said.
Joint teams of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police, assisted by intelligence agencies, launched the operation in the Thungwali area of Kandi, where an old terrorist hideout was busted, they said.
During searches at the hideout, the security personnel recovered an IED, which was subsequently destroyed through a controlled explosion, officials said.
Search operations in the area were underway when last reports were received.
(PTI News)
