New Delhi: A live grenade was found inside a well of a Delhi’s Red Fort premises during its cleaning drive today morning, later it is was safely it was removed but it triggered a security threat.
According to police, the bomb was discovered by some labourers on Friday morning while they were cleaning the Sawan Bhado garden of the Mughal-era monument, protected by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
Later they informed about the grenade to the officials of the Archaeological Survey of India, following which they alerted the police and the Central Industrial Security Force.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Jatin Narwal told media persons, “Information about the grenade in the Red Fort well was received on Friday morning.”
Live grenade found in Red Fort during cleaning of well
The officer added, “A team of Bomb Disposal Squad and the National Security Guard (NSG) has safely removed it now (Friday morning). The Red Fort has been opened for the public.”
A senior police officer said that police cordon was thrown around the area and the National Security Guard was informed also grenade was safely removed NSG commandos.
In February, the police discovered explosives from another well of the same fort complex during a cleaning drive.
The Red Fort is one of the heavily secured monuments of Delhi after it was attacked by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in December 2000. The attack left two soldiers and a civilian dead.
