Imphal, June 29 -- A bomb believed to be from the World War II period, which is a military explosive that did not explode or function as intended, was discovered on the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur on Saturday, officials said on Sunday.

Upon receiving an emergency report informing them of its presence from the local populace, a joint team from the Indian security forces and the Manipur Police Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad, with a sniffer dog, rushed to the suspected location.

The joint team safely neutralized the old unexploded bomb, suspected to be of WW II vintage, at the Tengnoupal area along the Manipur-Myanmar border, the report said.

The bomb was found while digging earthwork at a paddy field at Tengnoupal under the Moreh p...