hand grenades found near canal in Punjab’s Fazilka  |  Photo Credit: Times Now
Key Highlights
- Hand grenades were found were found near a canal in Punjab’s Fazilka district on Monday
- Security forces remain on high alert after an IED smuggled in from Pakistan was discovered concealed in a bag last week
- Punjab is set to hold Assembly elections in a little more than a month, on January 20.
Chandigarh: Explosives were found near a canal in Punjab’s Fazilka district on Monday afternoon. The development comes mere days after the police found around five kilograms Improvised Explosive Device (IED) found near the international border with Pakistan. An investigation is now underway.
Hand grenades were found near a canal in the border town located close to Pakistan. Officials are now trying to ascertain whether these are live grenades and whether other explosives may be in the area. Fazilka incidentally is also situated near the tri-junction point of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Last week on Friday, an IED smuggled from Pakistan into India and Rs 1 lakh in Indian currency notes had been found concealed in a bag lying on the Attari-Bachiwind road in Amritsar, close to the India-Pakistan border. On the same day, an IED stuffed with RDX and ammonium nitrate had been found inside an unattended bag at the Ghazipur flower market in Delhi.
With mere weeks left for Assembly elections, security forces remain on high alert in the state. A PTI report quoting Inspector General of Police, Amritsar, Monish Chawla, had said that preliminary probe suggests that there was an intention to use this material to create law and order problems in Punjab.
Further details awaited.