Security forces on Friday averted two major tragedies by detecting and defusing two improvised explosive devices in Rajouri and Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir [Images], official sources said.

Troops, during routine checking, detected an IED of RDX weighing 2 kg on Rajouri-Saaj road at Nerojal area in Rajouri district on Friday evening, they said.

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The IED, which was planted by militants to target security forces, was defused by the bomb disposal squad, they said.

Troops also recovered another IED on Sangaldan-Tatapani road at Bajanari area in Udhampur district early on Friday, they said.

The IED was defused by the Border Security Force troops safely, they said.