Chandigarh: Ahead of Independence Day, the police have recovered a tiffin bomb containing more than 2 kg of RDX explosives from a village in Amritsar. Police suspect that it may have been shot down by a drone flown from Pakistan.
Director-General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta said that some other explosives were also found in the bag which contained the tiffin bomb. Gupta said that we have made some seizures in the Amritsar Rural district. We have got some grenades and cartridges. The most significant one has been found with an Enhanced Explosive Device (IED) tiffin box bomb.
He said the IED was made in a two-meal tiffin box. The seizure was made near Dhalike village under the Lopoke police station area of Amritsar. Our assessment is that this bomb has been delivered here through drones from across the border. A former sarpanch had informed the police about the drone movement in the area.
Punjab Police is taking the help of NSG
Police found an abandoned bag containing 7 bags, 1 plastic tiffin, 5 grenades, 100 cartridges of 9 mm pistol. More than 2 kg of explosive material, a remote control device, and a switch were also found in it. The bomb was packaged through the foam. The Punjab Police is taking the help of the National Security Guard (NSG).
The NSG team has arrived and they have given a preliminary report. It is an advanced type of bomb and has about 2-3 kg of RDX explosives. It uses a switch system and can also be detonated by connecting with a timer.
It also has a magnetic enclosure with 2 U-shaped magnets and a printed circuit board that can help receive the report signal. A 9-volt battery and 3 detonators have also been recovered from the bag. This explosive could be used against any target.
