New Delhi: Three boxes of artillery shells were found near a railway track here, police said yesterday.
“Three wooden boxes carrying three artillery shells were found around 9pm (Friday evening) around 50 metres from the railway track at Naraina Vihar in south Delhi,” a police officer said.
A police team with a bomb disposal squad went to the spot and the area was cordoned off, the officer said.
Since the ammunition boxes bore army stamps, police informed army officials, who reached the spot and took them in their custody, police said.
A case has been registered at Naraina police station. “We are investigating the case from all angles,” said Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Ravi Shankar.
IANS
