Live grenade detected on roadside in Srinagar, destroyed

The security forces on Wednesday morning detected a livehand grenade in Barbarshah area of Downtown Srinagar, reports said.

Quoting official sources,news agency GNS reported that the grenade was detected by paramilitary CRPF inthe area and a Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was immediately summoned to the spot.

   

After being detected, thedevice was destroyed without causing any damage, they said.

CRPF spokesman NeerajRathore told GNS that the grenade was recovered by the domination party ofparamilitary forces at around 7:45 am. “The device was later destroyed,” thespokesman said.

Asked how it wasrecovered, the officer said that there is a possibility that some overgroundworkers (OGWs) of the militants might have left it on the roadside after seeingthe CRPF party.

“There is tremendouspressure on OGWs these days and it is possible that they might have discardedit. Investigations in this regard are under way,” the officer added.

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