IED found in Srinagar, Amritsar and Ghazipur in a day, all destroyed on the spot
- In Reports
- 06:15 PM, Jan 14, 2022
- Myind Staff
Security forces on Friday detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in Nowhatta area of the city, police said.
"Police and CRPF detected a suspicious bag lying at Khawaja Bazar Chowk in Nowhatta area of Srinagar," a police official said.
He said a team of bomb disposal squad was called to the spot, which "found a four to five litre pressure cooker (suspicious IED) in the bag". The bomb squad later destroyed the IED on the spot, the official said.
In another case, The Delhi Police on Friday recovered an Improvised explosive device (IED) from an unattended bag at Ghazipur Flower Market on Friday. A bomb disposal squad of National Security Guard (NSG) defused the IED recovered from Ghazipur.
The weight of IED was approximately 3 kg. The NSG received information from Delhi Police around 11 am and the explosive was defused around 1.30 pm.
NSG Director General MA Ganapathy informed that the Bomb Disposal Squad of NSG prima facie found chemical compounds like RDX and Ammonium Nitrate in the manufacture of IED recovered from Ghazipur.
The NSG said samples of the IED have been collected and team will submit a report on the chemical component used to assemble the explosive. Delhi Police officials also informed that fire engines have been sent to the site.
Also in another development, the Amritsar Special Task Force (STF) recovered 5 kg of RDX from near the international border in Attari's Dhanoa Kala village on Friday. The explosive was defused by the bomb squad present on the spot.
Besides the RDX, the STF has also recovered six AK 47 rifle rounds, two grenades, three UBGL, seven detonators, three fuses, a pouch and a bag.
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