Live grenade found in Mathura near army installation

The police said that the grenade could have exploded anytime as it was without a safety pin.

Mathura, Mar 31: A live hand grenade was found on Friday near the Army oil reserve depot on the Delhi-Agra highway in Mathura, police said.

An information was received about a bomb like substance being found near the Jyoti hospital, which is a few hundred meters away from the old Army oil depot following which SSP Ashok Kumar Singh along with the bomb squad rushed to the spot, a police spokesperson said.

The area was cordoned off and the grenade was brought safely for further examination by the bomb squad.

The SSP said the grenade was found without the safety pin and could have exploded anytime which was dangerous considering there is a military area nearby.

The bomb squad said the grenade is 36 millimetres in size and this kind is generally used by forces such as the Army and the PAC, the spokesperson said.

Investigation is underway to find out from where and how this grenade was brought there, the police official said.

PTI