A suspicious looking object found in a State transport (ST) bus caused panic near Ganeshpeth ST Stand. The object, found near the cabin of a bus from the Gadchiroli depot, caused alarm near the Ganeshpeth ST Stand in Nagpur. The bus arrived at the Nagpur depot on February 1.
The bus was evacuated and the area cordoned off to enable the Bomb Disposal and Detection Squad (BDDS) to conduct a search. BDDS took the suspicious object into custody for further investigation.
DCP Gorakh Bhamre said that this bus had reached Nagpur on February 1 from Gadchiroli. Yesterday, it went to Saoner. Today afternoon, the police received information via a call regarding a suspicious object on the bus. Police promptly reached the scene and conducted an inspection.
The police bomb detection squad sent the suspicious object to Surabuldi for investigation.