Triggering panic, a hand grenade was found submerged in a canal in the East Delhi area, said the official on Sunday.
The police got information about the grenade from a few youths who were taking bath in the Yamuna river.
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Revealing details, the official said, “Around 8.15 p.m. on Saturday, a sack with a hand grenade inside it was found submerged in water in the Hindon canal under the DND flyover in Mayur Vihar police station area.”
After receiving the information, the anti-terror unit of the Delhi Police — Special Cell — and National Security Guard (NSG) commandos were informed about the development and then reached the spot in the Yamuna Khadar area.
The local police, cordoned off the whole area to avoid any untoward incident.
As per the official “The bomb was then safely disposed of by the NSG commandos,”
Meanwhile, an FIR under section 4 of the Explosives Substance Act was registered at the Mayur Vihar police station.
The police have initiated an investigation into the matter, while, an official privy to the probe said,
“We don’t know exactly from where did it come. There are a few shops of scrap dealers in the adjoining areas,” said the police adding that they are questioning them.
Notably, earlier Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were twice recovered in the months of January and February in the national capital, and an investigation into it is still underway. First, it was recovered on January 14 and then on February 17.
The recovery of 3 kg IED in February was made during a raid conducted by the Delhi Police following the trail of the explosives first recovered on January 14.
