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Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 22
CRPF personnel recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) an hour before the scheduled visit of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil to Bhaderwah town of Doda district today.
During the sanitisation operation for the visit, CRPF troops recovered an IED at Daligarh, three kms from Bhaderwah town, an hour before arrival of Gandhi and Patil there to assess the ground situation following heavy snowfall and avalanches in the beginning of this month, they said.
The IED was hidden in the snow and fitted with a detonator to trigger the blast, they said, adding that a possible explosion would not have directly affected the VIPs but could have caused panic during the visit.
The IED was later defused, officials said noting that top authorities visited the spot and gave instructions to further tighten vigilance in the area.
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