India, Aug. 31 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday blew the lid off an alleged conspiracy hatched by a woman lawyer with the help of her two accomplices to frame her ex-husband in a terror case in Baramulla district, officials said.

The case was cracked during a probe into the recovery of a fake improvised explosive device (IED) near the main gate of Manzoor Ahmad Khan's house at Mahayan-Ferozpora in the Tangmarg area on July 31, a police spokesman said.

Acting on an input about the suspicious object, police, in collaboration with security agencies, launched a cordon and search operation in the area.

A bomb disposal squad was summoned, and upon inspection, the object was found to be a plastic box designed to resemble an IED, the spokes...