GOLBAZAAR: A Nepal Army squad defused a powerful pressure-cooker bomb planted near the Nepali Congress party office at Siraha Municipality-7 this afternoon.

A bomb disposal team of the NA had disposed of the improvised explosive device found at the house of Ranjit Yadav, a local, said Superintendant of Police (SP) at the District Police Office, Ram Kripal Saha.

Police said they are looking into the case.