Unclaimed bag on Jammu-Srinagar highway sparks panic, traffic suspended briefly

An unclaimed bag found lying on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Wednesday afternoon sparked a security scare and prompted authorities to suspend vehicular traffic for over an hour, officials said.

An unclaimed bag found lying on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Wednesday afternoon sparked a security scare and prompted authorities to suspend vehicular traffic for over an hour, officials said.

They said the bag was found lying near Cafeteria Morh on the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country.