42 powerful bombs recovered in Kerala

Forty two powerful bombs were seized by police on Tuesday in the politically-sensitive Panoor locality in the district,where three persons were killed in recent clashes involving CPI-M and BJP workers.

A police team raiding the area in connection with the clashes found the explosives kept in a gunny bag under a canal bridge at Kutteri,about 35 KM from Kannur district,police said.

Police also recovered materials used for making bombs from an uninhabited house at nearby Poiloor.

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Three persons were killed in Panoor locality since March 11 in a series of attacks with police registering cases against 80 CPM and BJP-RSS workers in connection with the incidents.

The district administration on March 12 had promulgated prohibitory orders for three days.