Miloni Bhatt, Saturday, March 11, 2006 (Mumbai)
A bag full of explosives was found at the Byculla railway station in Mumbai on Saturday morning.
The explosives were found in a school bag inside a toilet at the station.
Soon after the local police was informed, the city's anti-terrorist squad took the bag to a nearby beach where it was defused by the bomb disposal squad.
Material like ammonium nitrate, that's commonly used in the making of explosive devices and was recently used in the Varanasi blasts were recovered.
"We found a parcel at Mumbai's Byculla station. It was hidden on the roof of a public toilet in a water bottle kept inside a schoolbag.
"We have found spare parts for an IED but the materials were as yet unassembled," said AN Roy, Commissioner of Police.
The contents of the bag have now been sent for testing. Investigations are underway as to how the bag got there and for what purpose.
The police say if the material was left undisturbed at the spot, it would not have exploded.
Not willing to take any chances, the railway authorities combed railway stations across the city to ensure no unidentified bags are left around.
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