[Reader-list] Bomb found near Anand railway track

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

*Bomb found near Anand railway track*

*Anand (Gujarat)* (PTI) A low intensity bomb was detected near rail tracks
about 50 meters from Anand railway station here on Monday, police said.

The bomb attached with a timer device was kept between two tracks near the
Phalej railway crossing and later defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad, they
said, adding a letter signed in the name of the banned Student Islamic
Movement of India (SIMI) was also recovered from the spot.

According to forensic experts, four detonators were connected in a circuit
also having a clock and powered by batteries.

The bomb had metal shrapnels and glass pieces but there was no explosive
material inside it, they said, adding that there was no explosion as the
batteries had got disconnected from the circuit.

The letter was typed in Gujarati and asked the people to join 'jihad' and
follow the SIMI.
The origin of the letter is being investigated, police said.