Karnataka: Police recover two unclaimed boxes from Shivamogga railway station parking lot

Nov 05, 2023

Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], November 5 : Two unclaimed boxes were recovered from the Shivamogga railway station parking lot on Sunday evening, a police official here said.
A bomb disposal team has been called to the spot, police added.
Two anonymous boxes trigger bomb scare in the city. "Made in Bangladesh, food grains and sugars" were written on the boxes, Shivamogga Superintendent of Police GK Mithun Kumar said.
Police are investigating who placed the anonymous boxes, he said.
Barricades and sandbags have been placed around the boxes so that no one could come near them, he said.
The police will open the boxes after the arrival of the bomb disposal team from Bengaluru, he added.
Further details are awaited.