A day after an deserted bombshell was present in a mango orchard close to Nayagaon, Punjab-Chandigarh border, an Army staff, led by Colonel JS Sandhu of Western Command, eliminated it from the realm on Tuesday.

The Chandigarh Police has already dominated out a terror angle. In an official launch issued on Tuesday, police stated it seems to be a shell from outdated ammunition, and a few scrap supplier should have dumped it there. The Army, nonetheless, is but to launch its detailed evaluation report.

A tubewell operator had found the bombshell on Monday and alerted the authorities.

The space the place the bomb was discovered is 3 kilometers (because the crow flies) from the Punjab chief minister’s residence. The space additionally homes the official residence of Haryana CM, Punjab and Haryana secretariat and Assembly, aside from the helipad utilized by the CMs.