Days before the Republic Day celebrations, an improvised explosive device (IED) was found in the national Capital’s Ghazipur area on Friday morning, sending police and securities agencies into a tizzy. The IED weighing around three kilogram, aimed at causing maximum damage, was kept in an iron box inside a black backpack at Ghazipur’s busy flower market main gate. The police suspect it was a terror attempt ahead of the January 26 Republic Day celebrations.
An FIR have been registered at Delhi Police Special Cell under the Explosives Act and a police team will also be receiving a detailed report by the NSG on the IED samples collected. According to National Security Guard (NSG), which disposed the bomb, the initial examination suggested that the explosive is a nitrate and RDX mix while the triggering device could be a clock or a mobile phone.
