Kolkata: Panic after 50+ bombs found outside BJP office

In a shocking incident 50+ crude bombs were recovered by Kolkata police outside BJP office from Khidderpore and Hastings crossing in the southern fringes of the city on Saturday night. The bombs were found hardly 20 metres away from the BJP office that was used during the election. The police has defused and seized them. Further investigation of the matter is going on.

Local people said that at at least 50+ crude bombs were kept in four sacks that is mainly used for the packing of fruits. Interestingly, the place is a market area and the sacks were covered with packing boxes and apparently seemed like fruits.

Police from Hastings police station, bomb squad and officers from anti-rowdy section rushed to the spot and recovered the bombs and diffused it.