Suspicious object found, traffic stopped on Pantha Chowk-Nowgam road in Srinagar

Srinagar: Traffic was stopped on the Pantha Chowk-Nowgam road in Srinagar after government forces spotted a suspicious object on Monday.

The object was found on a day when train services were supposed to resume in Kashmir after a long time.

Quoting an unnamed police officer, KNO reported that the Road Opening Party (RoP) of CRPF and police spotted a suspicious object near Peaks Automobiles, barely few hundred metres away from Nowgam Railway station, after which experts and a bomb disposal squad were called to check the object.

“Traffic has been stopped on the Pantha Chowk-Nowgam road stretch for the safety of people and commuters,” the officer said. (KNO)