24 more crude bombs found in Amritsar

Amritsar, Jun 21 (UNI) Twenty four more crude bombs were found during the digging of a piece of land where a steel factory was once located in the suburban town of Chheharta today.

The crude bombs were unearthed this morning during the digging by the labourers on the factory land which is being levelled since the last few days, Senior Superintendent of Police S S Srivastva said. Seven similar bombs were found at the same site yesterday and six were recovered from the same spot on June 17.

The factory had been lying closed for some years and the bombs seemed to have been part of very old scrap used for steel manufacturing, he said.

Police has handed the bombs which seem to be 'harmless' to the army, the SSP said.

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