Chandigarh, August 9
A tiffin carrying an IED explosive was found at Daleke village of Amritsar on Sunday evening.
This was stated by Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta. He said it could have been delivered via a drone from Pakistan. Five hand grenades were also found in a bag that contained the tiffin box.
The DGP said that on the intervening night of August 7 and 8, drones were heard in the area. Then the police got an input that a bag was found abandoned in suspicious circumstances. Upon opening it, the police found seven pouches in the bag that contained plastic tiffin, five hand grenades and 100 cartridges. An explosive substance weighing 2 kg, a switch and a remote control device were also found.
The sarpanch had called up the police about the sound of the drones.
“We have called the NSG. They are looking into the matter. The team came on Sunday night and gave the preliminary report that it was a sophisticated bomb. It has about 2-3 kg of RDX, has a switch mechanism. It can provide a timed explosion. There is a spring mechanism also. There is also a magnetic mechanism with two U-shaped magnets,” the DGP said.
“There is a printed circuit board also that can help in remote signal. Three detonators have also been found and also a power energiser of 9 volts. It was assembled very meticulously. It could have been used against any target,” the DGP said, adding that for now they did not know where it was to be targeted.
There had been increased activity from across the border in the past two to three months, the DGP said.
“This is a very sinister and worrisome development,” said the DGP.
“We want to make the public aware of these developments. The IED was fitted in a children’s tiffin box. It looked attractive having a sticker of a scooter. It was targeted at innocent people like children,” he said.
He said they had brought the issue to the notice of the CM so that the government could make people aware.
