Shillong, Oct. 12 -- A major tragedy was averted with the timely detection of a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district on Saturday evening, police officials said on Sunday.
The IED, planted inside a bag, was found inside a compound located in front of the Meghalaya Rural Bank in the Umsning market at around 7.30 pm, Vivekanand Singh Rathore, the district police chief of Ri-Bhoi, said.
Simultaneously, the bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) and a K-9 team were requisitioned, and upon assessing the abandoned bag, they confirmed the presence of explosives.
The IED was successfully diffused by BDDS.
"On analysis, it was found that the IED was made using 4.7 Kg Gelatine as an explosive, 10 detonators,...