Srinagar, May 16 (KNS): Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Sunday said that security forces had already received input about the planting of IED in Turkawangam area of South Kashmir's Shopian district.

"We had an input of IED. When Security forces went to detect it, militants exploded it from a distance," the IGP told KNS.

However, he said there was no damage in the incident.
A police official told KNS that the area has been cordoned off to nab the culprits.

Earlier militants had triggered the IED near an army Casper vehicle.(KNS)