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Live illumination shell found near Jaipur CRPF campus, defused

Live illumination shell found near Jaipur CRPF campus, defused
Live illumination shell found near Jaipur CRPF campus, diffused · theprint.in

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.

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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