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Hyderabad: Bomb attached to two-wheeler defused

Source: PTI
October 19, 2008 16:43 IST
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A bomb attached to a two-wheeler was defused on Sunday near the Kakinada government hospital in east Godavari district in Hyderabad, the police said.

An anonymous caller informed the hospital staff on Sunday morning that a time bomb was planted underneath a scooter and would go off within 15 minutes, Kakinada Deputy Superintendent of Police Surya Rao told PTI.

A bomb disposal squad immediately reached the spot and defused the bomb within few minutes, he said.

It was a low intensity bomb kept under the scooter, which was parked in the premises of the hospital, the police said adding that the two-wheeler belonged to a civil contractor, Gollababu.

Further investigations are on, they said.

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