<p>A day before voting for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, security forces today detected and defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device outside historic Jamia Masjid in downtown city.</p>.<p>"A powerful IED, planted by militants, was detected near the main gate of Jamia Masjid in interior Srinagar," CRPF spokesman Prabakar Tripathy said.</p>.<p>The bomb disposal squad, which was immediately summoned, defused the IED, kept in a gas cylinder, averting a possible tragedy.</p>.<p>The spokesman said militants plan to set off an explosion on the eve of polling was foiled with timely detection of the IED by alert CRPF personnel.</p>
<p>A day before voting for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, security forces today detected and defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device outside historic Jamia Masjid in downtown city.</p>.<p>"A powerful IED, planted by militants, was detected near the main gate of Jamia Masjid in interior Srinagar," CRPF spokesman Prabakar Tripathy said.</p>.<p>The bomb disposal squad, which was immediately summoned, defused the IED, kept in a gas cylinder, averting a possible tragedy.</p>.<p>The spokesman said militants plan to set off an explosion on the eve of polling was foiled with timely detection of the IED by alert CRPF personnel.</p>