'Grenade' found at Bengaluru railway station turned out to be dummy simulator used by Indian Army
Bengaluru: Three days after a hand grenade triggered panic among the passengers at the Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station in the city, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) of Railway Police has confirmed that the object was a simulator used in the Military training of Indian Army and was not explosive.
On Friday May 30, passengers in a train noticed the reported grenade in a suspicious box and informed the authorities causing panic among the passengers. The local police and bomb squad rushed to the spot and inspected the train. A part of the railway station was also cordoned off and movements of trains was also halted for nearly 2 hours.
"The simulator is used in training and is not an explosive. A box of grenade simulators was being transported to other parts of the country. The grenade could have fallen off during the journey. We have contacted army officials, seeking their report on the incident. They have accepted that it was their grenade simulator. We have to contact the person who was carrying the simulators in the railway station and will add his name in the FIR for negligence," Bheemashankar S Guled, Superintendent of Railways, Bengaluru told reporters at a press conference on Monday.
Exact details on how one such object fell out of the box are awaited.
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Maoist carrying bounty of Rs 15 lakh among four killed in gunfight with security forces in J’khand
Hazaribag (PTI): Four Maoists, including one carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Friday, police officials said.
The encounter took place in the Khapia forest area within the Keredari police station limits, following a tip-off.
"Four Maoists were killed in a gunfight with joint forces in 'Operation KotiNeer'. The Maoists killed have been identified as regional committee member Sahdeo Maho, carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh, Ranjit Ganjhu, Zonal committee member, carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh," IG, CRPF, Saket Kumar Singh told mediapersons.
The remaining two are Area Commander Budhan Karmali, carrying a reward of Rs one lakh and sub-zonal committee member Natasha, a woman who hailed from Gadchiroli in Maharashtra.
SDPO of Barkagaon, Pawan Kumar, said that no security personnel were injured in the operation.
The Maoists killed were wanted in about 80 cases.
With the encounter, only 57 Maoists are left in the state, the IG said.
A number of arms were also recovered during the operation including two AK 47 and one INSAS rifles.
The development comes close on the heels of a fierce exchange of fire between a Maoist squad headed by Misir Besra, who carries a bounty of Rs 1 crore, and police personnel on April 15 in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum. Four security personnel were injured in the encounter.
The Centre has already informed the state governments that there are no Naxal violence-affected districts in the country, more than five decades since Left Wing Extremism (LWE) originated in India.
The declaration followed a high-level security review held earlier this month by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the mandated 'National Policy and Action Plan to Address Left Wing Extremism' formulated in 2015.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed Parliament on March 30 that India was free from Maoists.
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