Man throws two live hand grenades in Zirakpur

Tension gripped Zirakpur on Saturday when a motorcyclist threw two live hand grenades on the Zirakpur-Highground link road in the evening.

Written by Express News Service
Zirakpur | January 24, 2010 01:28 AM IST

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Tension gripped Zirakpur on Saturday when a motorcyclist threw two live hand grenades on the Zirakpur-Highground link road in the evening. According to Dera Bassi DSP J S Khera,a police party was patrolling on the link road when a motorcyclist coming from the opposite direction threw a black polythene bag on the road,turned back and fled towards the Patiala road. The incident took place around 7 pm. The spot is 1.5 kilometres away from the Indian Air Force Highground Station.

Upon finding two hand grenades wrapped in a cloth inside the bag,the cops immediately alerted their superiors and called the Bomb Disposal Squad,Chandigarh. The grenades could have done major harm had they exploded,an expert said.