Mortar Bomb

Mortar Bomb event in Mahrashtra, Karjune Khare area, India on Sun 23rd July 2023

23rd July 2023

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The Ahmednagar district police, in a joint operation with the Military Intelligence (MI) unit of the Southern Command in Pune, arrested a scrap dealer near his house in Karjune Khare on Friday evening for illegal possession of ammunition and explosives. During searches, police recovered “18 tank rounds, five mortar rounds, eight ammunition pistol rounds, 16 pistol rounds, 40 switches, bundles of yellow red wires” and about 25kg of Trinitrotoluene (TNT), which is a highly explosive powder used for military and industrial applications.

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Mahrashtra ( Karjune Khare area )

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