Poonch, Jan 10: An unclaimed bike with some “IED-type object” found adjacent to it triggered panic in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Sunday. The authorities closed Mendhar-Gohlad road even as a team of Bomb Disposal Squad has been rushed to the area. Official sources said that during the intervening night of 9 and 10 January, one Pulser motorcycle (JK02BP/7298) was found at Pankha (Mendhar Gohald) road, about 3-kms from Mendhar under suspicious conditions. The locals informed Police Station Mendhar following which a police party along with Army 49RR rushed to spot. Some “IED type object” was found near the motorcycle. The area has been cordoned off. SDPO Mendhar Z A Jafri confirmed that suspicious object was found and that BDS squad has been called for apart from closing the road.
