Bomb at Amarnath yatra route defused
Just
in:
Security
forces
have
unearth
another
1.5
kg
Improvised
Explosive
Device(IED)
on
Amarnath
route.
The
IED
was
found
in
a
bag
near
the
parking
area
in
Manigaon
on
the
shrine
route.
3:27
PM
7/31/2008
Srinagar, Jul 31: A major tragedy on Thursday July 31 averted by alert Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) when they detected and defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on Srinagar-Baltal yatra route. Had it not been detected and defused it would have caused much damage to life and property, a CRPF spokesman told
He said a Road Opening Party (ROP) of 118 batallion CRPF was searching the yatra route when they found some suspicious packet under some stones at Manigam on Srinagar-Baltal, base camp of the Amarnath cave, route at 7 30 am. The entire area was cordoned off and traffic on the route was stopped from both sides, he said adding later the two kg IED was defused without causing any damage.
See
in
pics:
Ahmedabad,
Bangalore
blasts
He
said
besides
Amarnath
pilgrims,
CRPF
and
Army
convoy
also
passses
through
the
same
route.
Spokesman
said
no
traffic
was
being
allowed
on
the
route
without
getting
clearance
from
all
RPOs.
This,
he
said,
was
being
done
to
make
sure
that
the
road
was
safe
for
journey.
14:02
PM
7/31/2008
UNI