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Explosives recovered from Howrah station
Mon, Jan 11 11:07 PM
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) A large quantity of explosives were recovered Monday from a schoolbag in the busy Howrah Railway Station, the gateway to Kolkata.
Police said the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were kept in a black schoolbag outside a police kiosk in the station premises.
'The bag had been lying there for a long time. Locals felt suspicious and informed the police,' said a police official.
'The bomb squad personnel and sniffer dogs were called in. The bomb squad experts checked the bag and found the explosive devices which were defused.'
'Had there been an explosion, the losses would have been huge,' said a bomb disposal squad officer.
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One wonders if this has any link to Sheikh Haseena's visit to India.
Mon, Jan 11 11:07 PM
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) A large quantity of explosives were recovered Monday from a schoolbag in the busy Howrah Railway Station, the gateway to Kolkata.
Police said the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were kept in a black schoolbag outside a police kiosk in the station premises.
'The bag had been lying there for a long time. Locals felt suspicious and informed the police,' said a police official.
'The bomb squad personnel and sniffer dogs were called in. The bomb squad experts checked the bag and found the explosive devices which were defused.'
'Had there been an explosion, the losses would have been huge,' said a bomb disposal squad officer.
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One wonders if this has any link to Sheikh Haseena's visit to India.
