A major attack was averted when the police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama intercepted a vehicle moving about with explosives in it. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team is at the spot.

The police got tipped off last night and sent out search parties in search of the vehicle.

The suspected vehicle, a Santro car, came and a few rounds were fired. Soon after the owners of the vehicle abandoned it and escaped.

On inspection, the police found explosives in a drum on the rear seat of the vehicle. They kept a watch and the people in the nearby houses were evacuated. The bomb disposal squads were called in and the vehicle was exploded in situ by them.

The vehicle reportedly had a number plate of a scooter registered somewhere in the Kathua district of Jammu zone.