Overview
- Villagers fishing near Panipara spotted a large metal cylinder Wednesday night in the same Baharagora stretch where two bombs were found in March.
- Police cordoned the riverbank, posted guards, and filed reports to senior officers as they awaited an Army explosives team.
- Officials said the object matches the March devices of about 200 to 227 kilograms that Army teams neutralized using a deep trench and sandbags.
- East Singhbhum’s deputy commissioner said the Army will be asked in once police verify details, and local movement is restricted as a precaution.
- Residents called for a full survey of the Subarnarekha belt because low water and sand mining keep exposing buried ordnance linked in reports to World War II.