Srinagar, Feb. 19 -- Security Forces on Tuesday averted major tragedies by detecting and destroying two suspected improvised electronic devices (IED) in south Kashmir's Shopian and Pulwama districts.

The forces detected a suspected IED near the road in Kashwa Chitragam village of south Kashmir's Shopian district.

Officials said a bomb disposal squad (BDS) immediately rushed to the spot to destroy the explosive. "The device was hidden in a 5-6 kg pressure cooker. It was destroyed in a controlled explosion," said an official of the district.

Similarly, security forces detected another suspicious IED like device in the Nagbari area of Tral in Pulwama.

A police official of Pulwama said that the object was detected by the army near the roa...