New Delhi: An improvised explosive device (IED) was detected in a suspicious bag found in the Old Seemapuri area in Delhi on Thursday. A bomb disposal squad reached the spot to defuse the explosive. According to a senior officer, the NSG confirmed the item in the bag to be an IED.
The bag was found in a house in the Old Seemapuri area after police received a call about a suspicious item detected in a building in Seemapuri. The National Security Guard (NSG), Bomb Disposal Squad, the Forensic Science Laboratory team, as well as the special cell teams of the Delhi Police, were rushed to the spot. "We received a call regarding an abandoned bag in Seemapuri in Northeastern part of the city. We have pressed the special cell teams to the spot soon after we received the alert," a senior officer from Delhi Police said.
Official sources revealed that the bag containing the IED was picked up by the NSG bomb disposal squad from the second floor of the building. It was defused later at a safe location. The area was cordoned off and senior police officials who reached the spot conducted spot investigations.
"We want to thank to the Delhi police for saving our lives. Since 2pm there has been a commotion and chaos here. Nobody had any clue as to what was transpiring. Now, we got know the details. Delhi police have saved hundreds of lives here," local residents told ETV Bharat.
In January, an IED stuffed with RDX and ammonium nitrate was found inside an unattended bag at the Ghazipur flower market here but it was later defused. The incident had happened ahead of Republic Day celebrations on January 26 for which the security apparatus in the National Capital was already on high alert.
