Tarn Taran: On Sunday morning, Twenty Five live bombs were found on the Beas river bed at Dhunda village near the historical Goindwal Sahib town, 20 km from here.
Gurdev Singh a village resident, was the first to notice these bombs at around 8am, after which he immediately informed the Sarpanch of village.
Cops, led by Tarn Taran senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harjit Singh, rushed to the spot on getting the information. Anti-bomb squad of Punjab Armed Police (PAP) was also called from Jalandhar to defuse the bombs, which were old and rusted.
It took six hours to defuse all the bombs by making controlled blasts on the spot.
The SSP said initial assessment suggested the bombs belonged to the Indian Army. “This area was used by the army in 1970s to dispose of expired ammunition. These bombs must have been left here at that time,” he said.
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