Rusted bomb found at agricultural field in Uttarakhand, triggers panic

A rusted bomb weighting about 20 kg was recovered from an agricultural field at a village in Roorkee on Saturday, triggering panic among people in the area

A rusted bomb weighting about 20 kg was recovered from an agricultural field at a village in Roorkee on Saturday, triggering panic among people in the area.

Members of bomb disposal squad with the bomb at Bhagwanpur in Roorkee on Saturday. (HT Photo)

A man found the 1.5ft long bomb at a sugarcane field in Karaundi village in the morning and informed authorities.

Police reached the spot and cordoned off the area. They launched a drive in nearby agricultural fields to spot any other similar object.

A sub-inspector of bomb disposal squad, Lalit Mohan, said the bomb was a diffused and discarded by the army.

“We got information of a suspected bomb spotted in a sugarcane field. The bomb disposal squad personnel took over the diffused bomb in their possession,” said superintendent of police (rural) Manikant Mishra.

Pradeep Chauhan, a villager, said he spotted some iron piece at the sugarcane field in the morning. Chauhan said when he came closer to it, he discovered it to be a bomb.

“I called on nearby farmers and we immediately called police. As precautionary measure, we kept distance from the object,” said Chauhan.

Two years ago, a diffused bomb got exploded in Roorkee, killing a class six student, who had spotted the object lying near a school and kept it in his bag.