Police seize bombs, raw materials

Barrackpore, Mar 18 (UNI) Police today seized sizable quantity of bombs and its ingredients from a mango grove at Duttapara under Beejpur police station in North 24 Parganas.

Based on a tip-off, the local police raided the grove at dawn break and recovered the bombs. They took assistance from ballistic experts to conduct the raids and recover the bombs and raw materials.

Senior police officers rushed to the area and RAF has been deployed.

At least eight pieces of socket bombs, each weighing seven to 10 kgs, and 18 smaller bombs along with 45 kgs of gunpowder and materials for making bombs were seized in the raid.

No arrest has been made.

Locals alleged that it must have been a part of plans of hoodlums to disrupt the polls.

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