Crude bomb-like devices found during Metro excavation work

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 11 2018 | 12:00 AM IST
Two suspicious-looking devices appearing like crude bombs were found during the excavation work for a Metro line outside the Mumbai Central Station today evening, police said.
Some workers spotted them and alerted a police constable, an official said.
A dog squad, a unit of the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad and a team of Nagpada police rushed to the spot, he said.
The devices, suspected to be old and unused crude bombs, were sent to the Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory for examination, he said.

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First Published: Jan 11 2018 | 12:00 AM IST

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