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.