Police recover explosives from house in Khairpur

Explosives were found in bag that was thrown into house by suspects

KARACHI: The police recovered on Tuesday a bag full of explosives from a house situated in Sarai Ghanwar Khan Muhalla, Khairpur, within the limits of the A section police station.

Addressing a press conference at his office, Khairpur SSP Ghulam Azfar Mahesar said that on Tuesday morning, Niaz Hussain Shah, a resident of Sarai Ghanwar Muhalla, called the police and informed them about a suspicious bag that was thrown into his house from a graveyard located nearby.



A section police station SHO reached the scene along with his team and called in the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) to check the bag. The SSP said that when the BDS officials opened the bag, they found explosive material and material used for preparing locally made bombs.

The material recovered from the bag included two kilogrammes of calcium ammonium nitrate, detonators, five feet of fuse wire, 1,100 grammes of steel nails, ball bearings 1,200 grammes, nuts and bolts and 80 grammes of explosive class-III. According to the SSP, this material was brought to prepare bombs. The SSP added that an investigation team, led by the City ASP, has been constituted to probe into the matter.

A heavy contingent of the police and Rangers raided the graveyard and arrested five suspects, whose names have yet to be disclosed.