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Live illumination shell found near Jaipur CRPF campus, defused
A woman was walking near a field in Jaipur, India, when she saw something strange lying in some old farm waste.
It looked like a big metal tube.
She told people in the village, and they called the police.
The police came with other safety workers to look at it.
They found out it was an old but still dangerous explosive called an illumination shell.
These shells are used to light up big areas at night.
Because it was dangerous, a special bomb squad was called.
The squad carefully carried it to a hill far away from people and made it safe.
Nobody was hurt.
Now the police are trying to figure out how the shell got into the field and where it came from.
An old but live illumination shell was found in an agricultural field near the CRPF campus in Jaipur on Monday.
A woman passing through the area spotted the object lying among agricultural waste in the Khatiwalon Ki Dhani area under Amber police station limits.
Villagers informed the police control room, after which police and Civil Defence personnel reached the site and began an inspection.
A bomb disposal squad took the shell to the Chainpura hill area, away from the populated locality, and defused it.
Police are investigating how the live shell reached the field and where it had come from.
- Who
- A woman passerby, villagers, police, Civil Defence personnel, a bomb disposal squad, and Amber Station House Officer Gautam Dotasra.
- What
- An old but live illumination shell was found in an agricultural field and later defused by a bomb disposal squad.
- Where
- An agricultural field in the Khatiwalon Ki Dhani area under Amber police station limits, near the CRPF campus in Jaipur; the shell was defused in the Chainpura hill area.
- When
- Monday, August 17 (per the PTI dateline; year not stated in the report).
- Why
- The live shell posed an explosive risk to the populated locality, and police are investigating how it reached the field and where it came from.
Key facts
- Object found
- Old but live illumination shell
- Location found
- Agricultural field in Khatiwalon Ki Dhani, Amber police station limits, Jaipur
- Found near
- CRPF campus, Jaipur
- Discovery
- Spotted by a woman among agricultural waste
- Response
- Police, Civil Defence personnel, and a bomb disposal squad
- Defused at
- Chainpura hill area, away from the populated locality
- Investigation
- Police probing how the shell reached the field and its origin
- Official quoted
- Amber Station House Officer Gautam Dotasra
Quotes
Gautam Dotasra
Amber Station House Officer
“After confirming the presence of the explosive, a bomb disposal squad was called in. The squad took the shell to an area away from the populated locality and defused it in the Chainpura hill area.”
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