Bombshell Found In Sector 26 Of Chandigarh, Police Present At Spot

A bombshell has been found in Sector 26 of Chandigarh. In January, a live explosive was found close to the helipad used by Punjab and Haryana chief ministers in Chandigarh.

Visual of the spot in Sector 26 of Chandigarh where the bombshell has been found.

Source : ANI

A bombshell has been found in Sector 26 of Chandigarh. Police present at the spot, news agency ANI reported.

#WATCH | A bombshell has been found in Sector 26 of Chandigarh. Police present at the spot.

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Earlier this year, in January, a live explosive was found close to the helipad used by Punjab and Haryana chief ministers in Chandigarh.

The Army's bomb disposal experts removed the bombshell as the experts of the Army were called to the spot to handle the explosive.

After examining the object, the experts decided to take the shell with them, Sanjeev Kohli, nodal officer, disaster management, Chandigarh, told reporters, as per news agency PTI.

"The Army's expert team took the decision. They are taking it to the (Army’s Western) Command (near here)," he said.

When asked if the bomb would not be defused, Kohli said, "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 vehicle and police escort vehicles accompanied it.

"In view of public safety, it (the bomb) will be handled at some isolated place," another official present at the site said, as per PTI.

The experts had used a robotic device to remove the explosive from the spot where it had been secured in a 'bomb basket' (drum).

The live shell was examined in protective gear inside a police cordon. The area where the bomb was discovered is in Chandigarh, close to the Chandigarh-Punjab border.

The bomb was found in a mango garden on the Nayagaon-Kansal T-point, which is about a 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.

PTI reported sources as informing that the police quizzed several people, including scrap dealers in nearby areas, to find out how the bomb could have reached the mango garden.