Srinagar, Feb. 21 -- Security forces averted a tragedy after diffusing an IED at Janbazpora on the outskirts of the Baramulla town on Friday. Officials said that the Army's 46 Rashtriya Rifles night patrol party recovered an IED near Janbazpora. The IED was placed on the Baramulla-Handwara highway. After officials spotted the IED, they secured the area and halted traffic on the highway. The police, SOG Baramulla and the bomb disposal squad joined the operation and diffused the IED. On Wednesday the police recovered suspicious object near Pattan on Srinagar-Baramulla national highway and later diffused it. The Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged fire on the Line of Control in the Nowgam sector on Friday. Officials said that their was brief exchange of fire on the forward posts in Nowgam sector in north Kashmir. The officials blamed Pakistani soldiers for the ceasefire violation and said that the Indian soldiers also responded. "It was a brief exchange of few rounds of fire," an officer privy to details said. Sources said that on Friday Pakistani soldiers fired some bullets towards Indian posts on the LoC and the Indian side retaliated. No loss of life or property happened during the ceasefire violation. Last month also Indian and Pakistani soldiers had exchanged firing on the LoC in the same sector. Army, on Friday, stated that it has arms and ammunition during a search operation in the Nathua Tibba area of Sundarbani sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, a day after an infiltration bid was foiled. Troops of the Army's Crossed Swords Division under the White Knight Corps launched a comprehensive search operation in the area following intelligence inputs. During the operation, heavily blood-stained tracks were observed, indicating serious injuries to the infiltrating terrorists, White Knight Corps posted on X. The Army recovered one AK-47 rifle, two magazines with ammunition, three rucksacks, blankets, rations and clothing from the area. The operations are on with heightened vigilance and firm domination of the area, it added....