Five Crude Bombs recovered on eve of Rath Yatra
/ 0
- Current News
- Thursday, 21 June 2012 01:37
- Published on Thursday, 21 June 2012 17:37
- Hits: 447
Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
The Ahmedabad city police department was bewildered when five crude bombs in Gomtipur on the eve of 135th Rath Yatra in the city. An anonymous caller informed the city control room in the wee hours of Wednesday that a chicken van in Gomtipur has bombs in it.
The Gomtipur police sprung into action and reached the spot along with crime branch and bomb squad officials and tracked down the van near Patel ni Chali. The team found and defused five bombs. Of these, three were crude bombs made of metal paan masala containers and two others were pipe bombs. Gomtipur police have filed a complaint against unknown persons.
When police reached the spot they saw that a plastic bag containing the crude bombs was hanging in front of the rear number plate of the vehicle. Closer inspection revealed that the bombs had been made recently. “The pipes used in the pipe bombs were procured quite recently,” said police.
After the bombs were defused, forensic officers examined the contents of these explosives and said that sulphur and gun powder were packed inside the containers along with some ball bearings which were meant to act as shrapnel. “Usually, these ingredients are used to in firecrackers,” said forensic officials.
For news in Hindi see our Hindi daily Chaupal Chronicle
