Punjab on high alert: Tiffin bomb, hand grenades recovered from Amritsar's village

Tiffin Bomb along with five hand grenades and 100 rounds of 9mm pistol recovered from village Daleke, Lopoke in Amritsar.

Amritsar: A high alert has been sounded in Punjab following the recovery of a Tiffin Box claims to be fabricated into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or Tiffin Bomb along with five hand grenades and 100 rounds of 9mm pistol recovered from village Daleke, Lopoke in Amritsar. Director-General of Police (DGP) Punjab Dinkar Gupta, while addressing a press conference here on Monday, said that following the inputs regarding drone activity in the area of villages including Daleke, Bacchiwind, and Shohra, a massive combing operation led by SSP Amritsar Rural Gulneet Singh was launched around villages during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday (August 8). He said that, during the search operation, the police team recovered a bag carrying a double-decker Children's Lunch Box bearing ‘Minions’ Cartoon picture and other ammunition packed very meticulously in soft foam pouches. He said preliminary investigations indicated that the bag was dropped through a Drone, which crossed the brother into India.