Vehicular traffic on Mendhar-Poonch road was suspended on Monday after security forces recovered mysterious material on Krishna Ghati (KG) Top road in Poonch district.
Reports said that the security forces found a steel box withwire system lying near a culvert at KG Top road, following which road wasclosed for traffic.
Senior officers of both army and police and teams of forcesrushed to the spot to ascertain the nature of material.
Later, a bomb disposal squad was also rushed to the site,while the entire area was cordoned off.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Ramesh K Angral, said, “Asit is dark now, we have decided to conduct the process of destroying thesuspicious object in the morning. The road will remain closed for the entirenight.”
On being asked about the nature of the suspicious object,the SSP said, “Nothing can be said at this point of time. Things will be clearin the morning only.”
Meanwhile, security forces have launched an operation in thearea as there are apprehensions that the suspicious object could be anexplosive device which was planted on the road.