Ranchi/Jamshedpur, March 24 -- : What began as the recovery of a single World War II-era bomb in Jharkhand's Baharagora has now escalated into a wider security concern, with early indications suggesting the possibility of a cluster of unexploded ordnance beneath the area. Days after a 500-pound American aerial bomb was recovered from the Subarnarekha riverbank on 17 March, a subsequent drone survey by the Indian Army has detected another similar object in the vicinity. Local accounts have further raised the possibility of several more devices buried across the sandy stretch.
With the threat assessment intensifying, the Army has assumed operational control of the site, deploying its Bomb Disposal Squad along with specialised detection syste...