Another Grenade found at Red Fort within a span of three months
The bomb was discovered by some labourers on Thursday evening while they were cleaning the Sawan Bhado garden of the Mughal-era monument, protected by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
A grenade was recovered from a well in Red Fort on Thursday evening, almost three months after a similar case of arms recovery was reported from the same monument.
The bomb was discovered by some labourers on Thursday evening while they were cleaning the Sawan Bhado garden of the Mughal-era monument, protected by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
"An information about the grenade in the Red Fort well was received on Thursday evening," Deputy Commissioner of Police Jatin Narwal told IANS.
"A team of Bomb Disposal Squad and the National Security Guard (NSG) has safely removed it now (Friday morning). The Red Fort has been opened for the public," the officer added.
It is still not clear whether the grenade was live or used and its age is yet to be determined. The Grenade has been taken away from Red Fort to an undisclosed location with all the precautionary measures to avoid any accidental blast.
Earlier in February this year, a large cache of explosives and ammunition was recovered from Red Fort, compelling the authorities to shut down the monument for a day.
The Red Fort is one of the heavily secured monuments of Delhi after it was attacked by the Lashkar-e-Taiba in December 2000. The attack left two soldiers and a civilian dead.
