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NA team disposes bomb planted in front of Ansari's house in Birgunj

NA team disposes bomb planted in front of Ansari's house in Birgunj

By Ram Sarraf

Nepal Army personnel cordon off the area as they prepare to defuse bomb in Birgunj, on Monday, January 27, 2020. Photo: Ram Sarraf/THT

BIRGUNJ: Nepal Army's bomb disposal team defused a bomb planted in front of the house of Basuridhin Ansari, Chairman of National Medical College, in Birgunj-8, on Monday. A bomb disposal team from Chandi Prasad Battalion defused the bomb today. Colonel Madan Jung Rana confirmed that the suspicious item was a bomb. However, he declined to clarify the type of the bomb. 'We will send the items and other materials used for making the explosive for a forensic test to be examined by expert engineers in Hetauda,' Rana added. After spotting a suspicious item in front of the house, Ansari's family member had informed about it to the nearby police post today. Meanwhile, an investigation into the case is underway, police said.