Bomb shells recovered from a religious place at Dhunda village in Tarn Taran on Wednesday. Tribune Photo

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, August 23

As many as 53 decades-old bomb shells have been recovered from Tomb Baba Anait Shah (religious place of a Muslim saint) in Dhunda village, 25 km from here, today. The place is situated on the banks of Beas.Goindwal Sahib DSP Satpal Singh said the bomb shells were seen by the sewadars of the tomb when they were digging the land for construction. The tomb head informed the police.The DSP said the police reached the spot and cordoned off the area to prevent any untoward incident. The DSP said the explosive could be related to the 1965 Indo-Pak war when the Indian Army had stationed here. He added that such type of 28 bomb shells were recovered from the same spot about six months ago. The DSP said experts had been called to defuse the bombs.Three bombs spotted near rail trackAbohar: Three bombs were spotted near the railway track in the border district of Jaisalmer on Wednesday. SP Gaurav Yadav said some villagers noticed the bombs lying near the railway track in Dagania village and informed the authorities. The area has been cordoned off. The anti-bomb squad and dog squad have been dispatched to the site and Army officers were also informed. Preliminary investigations indicate that the bombs appeared to be defused. OC