<span style="color: #222222;">In Jammu and Kashmir, a possible heavy damage to security forces was averted after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detected and defused along Shopian-Pulwama Road today. It weighed about 5 to 7 kilograms. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Security sources said a Road Opening Party of Police, Army and CRPF detected the explosive material concealed on the south Kashmir's Nikas Pulwama stretch to target movement of security forces. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A Bomb Disposal Squad was called to defuse the explosive device.</span><br />''