Officials of the Delhi Police's Special Cell and the Bomb Disposal Squad reached Old Seemapuri after a bag containing an explosive was found in the area on Thursday, 17 February. The IED was later diffused by a bomb disposal squad of the National Security Guard (NSG).
Earlier, police vehicles and fire tenders had also arrived at the house where the unattended bag was found, and the NSG was alerted.
This came as part of the probe of the Ghazipur bomb case, wherein a bomb was found at a busy flower market in East Delhi last month, news agency ANI reported, citing police sources. The IED discovered on Thursday is similar to the one recovered from Ghazipur in January.
"Timer device with Ammonium Nitrate and RDX was used in an IED recovered from a house in northeast Delhi's Old Seemapuri today. The IED weighing approximately 2.5 kgs to 3 kgs was later diffused by a Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of the National Security Guard (NSG)," the NSG said, according to ANI.
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found at the Ghazipur flower market on 14 January, ahead of Republic Day celebrations in the national capital. The NSG had subsequently carried out a controlled explosion of the same.
The Bomb Disposal Squad of NSG had discovered chemical compounds such as RDX and Ammonium Nitrate in the 3 kg IED recovered from Ghazipur.
(With inputs from ANI)
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