At a Metro III construction site in Mumbai Central, workers made an explosive discovery on Wednesday evening. An old, live bomb was discovered at the site while digging was on. However, the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) of the Mumbai Police without delay started to defuse the low-intensity explosive. According to Mid-day, there was a minor explosion while defusing it.
A senior police officer revealed that around 6.30 pm workers at the Metro construction site reported to the police that they had found a suspicious object while digging. The bomb was reportedly nearly one metre under the road surface.
Soon, officers from the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) hurried to the spot, as the local police cordoned off the area.
“BDDS officers inspected the bomb and defused it,” the senior officer said. While another senior officer claimed that prima facie it was found that one of the explosive materials contained a powder which is used in firecrackers.
Virendra Mishra, deputy commissioner of police, zone III, confirming the discovery said, “A suspicious, old bomb-like heavy object in crude form was found at the Metro construction site. It also had splinters, like nails. BDDS has defused it.”
When the preliminary probe was conducted, it was revealed that a tyre shop and public lavatory once stood at the spot where the bomb was found. Now, Police is further investigating if the explosive was part of any major terror conspiracy in the past and later buried there in abandonment.
The police have also collected samples of the explosives and will be sending it to the lab to ascertain their exact nature.