Chandigarh: The Special Task Force of the Haryana Police on Thursday recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) packed with around 1.3 kg RDX near Shahabad in Kurukshetra district, an official said. A person hailing from Punjab's Tarn Taran has been arrested in this connection, he said.
The recovery was made from near the service lane on the Ambala-Delhi national highway, about 70 km away from capital Chandigarh, Kurukshetra Superintendent of Police Surinder Singh Bhoria told PTI over phone. Based on inputs, the STF swung into action and recovered the explosive from the busy national highway, another police official said.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the arrested person was allegedly involved in terror activities and had placed the IED recently, the SP said. The recovery comes days ahead of Independence Day, when security forces are on high alert. The area was sealed and bomb disposal squad was summoned, which defused the explosive, police said.
In May, the Haryana Police has arrested four people in Karnal, and three IEDs packed in a metallic case weighing 2.5 kg each and a pistol were recovered from them. In March, three live hand grenades were recovered from a deserted ground near a public school in Sadopur village close to the Ambala-Chandigarh highway.
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According to police, a conspiracy was hatched to terrorize Kurukshetra before August 15, but it was foiled by the team of Haryana Police and STF. The bomb recovered from the spot is having a timer connected to it. Later, the police detained a suspect who is been identified as Shamsher Singh, a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab. For now, STF officials are interrogating Shamsher at Shahabad's Markanda police station.
