Three crude bombs seized 3 km from VIP helipad in Tripura
Thursday - June 7, 2018 6:48 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Three crude bombs seized 3 km from VIP helipad in Tripura
Agartala June 7 (IANS) Three crude bombs were seized on Thursday in Tripura only three km from a helipad where a chopper carrying President Ram Nath Kovind and other dignitaries landed in the morning following which a man was detained police said.
"The seizure of the bombs has no connection with the President s visit " police added.
Police said bomb disposal and dog squads were deployed after the handmade bombs were seized from a barber shop at Chandrapur in Gomati District in south Tripura.
"Shopowner Jatan Shil has been detained. He is being interrogated by senior police and intelligence officials " police added.
Two Indian Air Force helicopters carrying Kovind his wife Savita Kovind Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and other officials had landed 3 km away in the morning.
The President is on his maiden visit to Tripura after assuming office.
--IANS sc/tsb/bg
"The seizure of the bombs has no connection with the President s visit " police added.
Police said bomb disposal and dog squads were deployed after the handmade bombs were seized from a barber shop at Chandrapur in Gomati District in south Tripura.
"Shopowner Jatan Shil has been detained. He is being interrogated by senior police and intelligence officials " police added.
Two Indian Air Force helicopters carrying Kovind his wife Savita Kovind Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and other officials had landed 3 km away in the morning.
The President is on his maiden visit to Tripura after assuming office.
--IANS sc/tsb/bg
