Explosives found near Bengaluru school, probe on: Report

Police officials have recovered explosives including gelatine sticks and detonators near the premises of a private school in Bengaluru on Tuesday morning.

Bengaluru police on Tuesday recovered explosives near the premises of a local school near the Sarjapur main road, prompting an immediate investigation into the matter.

Cops received intel that rocks were being blasted at a construction site. (Representative Image)

Cops have seized explosives including gelatine sticks and detonators. The suspicious items were found in an empty plot near the private school's premises. Ingredients such as gelatine are usually used in explosives meant to carry out the bursting of rocks and other heavy construction-related materials.

Cops located an abandoned tractor near temporary sheds put up for construction workers on an empty plot of land near the school. They also received intel that rocks were being blasted at a construction site, which caused further concern, leading to the discovery.

"We suspect that these could have been kept by the labourers to break rocks for constructing buildings," A police officer told news agency PTI.

The incident occurred within the Bellandur police station limits, and cops have filed a case under the Explosives Substances Act. Further probe is underway to curb illegal activities involving explosives.

(With inputs from PTI)