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Punjab on high alert after tiffin box bomb found in Amritsar

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Punjab Police said on Monday that the state was on high alert after a tiffin box bomb packed with over 2 kg of RDX was recovered from a village in Amritsar which they suspect was dropped by a drone flying in from Pakistan.

Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said the bomb could be set off through a remote device or a timed mechanism.

“The tiffin box bomb can be described as an Improvised Explosive Device. The IED was created in a double-chambered tiffin box with attractive pictures on it. Last evening, the recovery was made near Dalake village under Lopoke Police Station in Amritsar,” Gupta told media persons.