Experts from Indian Army take away reside bombshell from Chandigarh website 

By PTI

CHANDIGARH: The Indian Army’s bomb disposal specialists on Tuesday eliminated the reside explosive, which was discovered a day earlier near the helipad utilized by Punjab and Haryana chief ministers right here, an official mentioned.

Earlier within the day, the specialists of the Indian Army reached the spot the place the reside explosive was discovered.

After analyzing the item, the specialists determined to take the shell with them, Sanjeev Kohli, nodal officer, catastrophe administration, Chandigarh, informed reporters right here.

“The Army’s expert team took the decision. They are taking it to the (Army’s Western) Command (near here),” he mentioned.

When requested if the bomb wouldn’t be subtle right here, Kohli mentioned, “They will take it to the command. They have to analyse it — it is a technical part of their process after which they will (defuse it)”.

The shell was seen being carried in an Army automobile with police escort autos accompanying it.

Another official current on the website mentioned, “In view of public safety, it (the bomb) will be handled at some isolated place.”

The specialists used a robotic gadget to take away the explosive from the spot the place it had been secured in a ‘bomb basket’ (drum). They examined the reside shell in protecting gear inside a police cordon. A fireplace tender and an ambulance have been stationed on the spot within the morning.

They have been additionally seen participating in discussions with the police and administration officers earlier than the bomb was eliminated.

The space the place the bomb was found lies in Chandigarh, near the Chandigarh-Punjab border.

The bomb was present in a mango backyard on the Nayagaon-Kansal T-point, which is a few kilometre away from the helipad and about two kilometres from the official residences of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar.

The police questioned a number of folks, together with many scrap sellers in close by areas, for clues on how the bomb might have reached the mango backyard the place it was discovered on Monday, sources mentioned.

As quickly because the police acquired info {that a} bomb-like object had been discovered within the high-security space, they reached the spot and cordoned off the world.

The native administration later knowledgeable the Army.

Kohli had mentioned on Monday, “When we came and checked it we found that it was a live shell. We have secured the area.”

“It is a matter of investigation how this shell got here.”

He had gone on so as to add, “With the help of the police and the bomb disposal squad team, the shell has been placed in a drum and covered with sandbags and the Army has been informed,” he had mentioned.

The risk of a scrap seller dumping it right here can’t be dominated out, he had mentioned.

In the previous, there have been circumstances of scrap sellers gathering used shells from the neighborhood of navy firing ranges.

Punjab Additional Director General of Police AK Pandey, who reached the spot on Monday, had mentioned that it seemed to be a “misfired shell”.

There are many scrap sellers within the space the place the shell was discovered.

It is being investigated if anybody might have discarded it right here, he had mentioned.

CHANDIGARH: The Indian Army’s bomb disposal specialists on Tuesday eliminated the reside explosive, which was discovered a day earlier near the helipad utilized by Punjab and Haryana chief ministers right here, an official mentioned.

Earlier within the day, the specialists of the Indian Army reached the spot the place the reside explosive was discovered.

After analyzing the item, the specialists determined to take the shell with them, Sanjeev Kohli, nodal officer, catastrophe administration, Chandigarh, informed reporters right here.

“The Army’s expert team took the decision. They are taking it to the (Army’s Western) Command (near here),” he mentioned.

When requested if the bomb wouldn’t be subtle right here, Kohli mentioned, “They will take it to the command. They have to analyse it — it is a technical part of their process after which they will (defuse it)”.

The shell was seen being carried in an Army automobile with police escort autos accompanying it.

Another official current on the website mentioned, “In view of public safety, it (the bomb) will be handled at some isolated place.”

The specialists used a robotic gadget to take away the explosive from the spot the place it had been secured in a ‘bomb basket’ (drum). They examined the reside shell in protecting gear inside a police cordon. A fireplace tender and an ambulance have been stationed on the spot within the morning.

They have been additionally seen participating in discussions with the police and administration officers earlier than the bomb was eliminated.

The space the place the bomb was found lies in Chandigarh, near the Chandigarh-Punjab border.

The bomb was present in a mango backyard on the Nayagaon-Kansal T-point, which is a few kilometre away from the helipad and about two kilometres from the official residences of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar.

The police questioned a number of folks, together with many scrap sellers in close by areas, for clues on how the bomb might have reached the mango backyard the place it was discovered on Monday, sources mentioned.

As quickly because the police acquired info {that a} bomb-like object had been discovered within the high-security space, they reached the spot and cordoned off the world.

The native administration later knowledgeable the Army.

Kohli had mentioned on Monday, “When we came and checked it we found that it was a live shell. We have secured the area.”

“It is a matter of investigation how this shell got here.”

He had gone on so as to add, “With the help of the police and the bomb disposal squad team, the shell has been placed in a drum and covered with sandbags and the Army has been informed,” he had mentioned.

The risk of a scrap seller dumping it right here can’t be dominated out, he had mentioned.

In the previous, there have been circumstances of scrap sellers gathering used shells from the neighborhood of navy firing ranges.

Punjab Additional Director General of Police AK Pandey, who reached the spot on Monday, had mentioned that it seemed to be a “misfired shell”.

There are many scrap sellers within the space the place the shell was discovered.

It is being investigated if anybody might have discarded it right here, he had mentioned.