NEW DELHI, Jan 14: An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found in an abandoned bag in Ghazipur flower market in East Delhi on Friday morning and was later defused by the bomb disposal squad.
Coming ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, the incident caused the security apparatus to be put on very high alert.
Fire officials said they received the information of the suspicious unattended bag which was spotted in the flower market at 10.19 a.m.
A senior police officer earlier said a suspicious metal box was found in the market. The officials from Special Cell of Delhi Police, NSG’s bomb detection and disposal team and fire tenders soon reached the spot and cordoned the area.
“We were informed by the Delhi Police about the suspicious object around 11 am. The IED has been destroyed by using a controlled explosion technique. The samples of the IED have been collected and the explosive will be ascertained and informed to the Delhi Police,” an NSG officer said. Official sources said the black-coloured bag weighed around 3 kg.
(Manas Dasgupta)
