NSG diffuses 3 kg IED in Delhi's Ghazipur Flower Market
The weight of recovered IED recovered from Ghazipur was approximately 3 kg.
New Delhi: National Security Guard (NSG) personnel defused 3 kg IED recovered from Ghazipur Flower Market in East Delhi on Friday.
A bomb disposal squad of National Security Guard has defused the IED recovered from Ghazipur. Samples of the IED have been collected. The team to submit a report on the chemical component used to assemble the explosive.
"The Bomb Disposal Squad of NSG prima facie finds chemical compounds like RDX and Ammonium Nitrate in the manufacture of IED recovered from Ghazipur," NSG Director General MA Ganapathy told news agency ANI.
The weight of recovered IED recovered from Ghazipur was approximately 3 kg. NSG received information from Delhi Police around 11 am and the explosive was defused around 1.30 pm, reported ANI.
Delhi Police rushed bomb disposal squad to Ghazipur Flower Market after the recovery of an unattended bag. Fire engines also sent to the site.
"A case is being registered in the Delhi Police Special Cell under provisions of the Explosive Act," said Delhi Police.
