A device containing low-grade explosives was found on the premises of a private hospital in Hadapsar area on Wednesday, said police.
A team of the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) rushed to Usha Kiran Hospital in Kamdhenu Estate locality and took the object to a nearby ground and disposed it of, they said.
“A device having low-grade explosives was found on the premises of a hospital. BDDS was called and they successfully disposed of the explosives,” Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar told reporters outside the hospital in the night.
“The Pune police, their crime branch and anti-terrorism squad (ATS) are probing the case from all angles, including terror,” Kumar said.
A doctor from the hospital spotted a suspicious object which had a digital clock-like instrument attached and informed the police control room. The object was found near a washroom inside the hospital premises, said another police officer.