A bomb disposal team immediately rushed to the location, which is a short distance from a helipad used by the Punjab Chief Minister...
Digital Desk: A suspicious object, presumed to be an explosive device, was today found near Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann's residence in Chandigarh. A bomb disposal team immediately rushed to the location, which is a short distance from a helipad used by the Punjab Chief Minister.
The Indian Army's Western Command has also been ordered to investigate the matter.
A tubewell operator spotted the live bombshell in the mango plantation between the helipad and the Punjab Chief Minister's residence between 4 and 4:30 p.m.
During this time, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann was not at his residence, which is about a kilometer away from the spot.
"It's not a case where a bomb has been planted. It's a misfired shell. We got similar shells earlier also. There is nothing to worry," said Punjab Chief Minister's security chief A K Pandey.
The Chandigarh government has stated that the defence forces will investigate how the shell landed there.
"We're trying to figure out how it got here. Furthermore, we have secured the area with the help of the bomb squad. The Army will now arrive and handle things," Kuldeep Kohli, nodal officer of the Chandigarh administration, told journalists.
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