Grenades found at Ilanthila were manufactured 40 years ago: DK SP
Team Udayavani, Nov 7, 2021, 3:07 PM IST
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada SP Rishikesh Sonawane on Sunday informed that the five grenades which were found at Ilanthila here were manufactured 40 years ago at a military factory.
Speaking to reporters the SP said that these grenades were manufactured in a military factory. “The grenades discovered here are hand-held ones which were manufactured around 1979-83. We are investigating how these grenades ended up here,” he added.
Police seized grenades in the presence of bomb squads. Whether they are still usable is not known, the SP said.
A retired SCO of the army, Jayakumar found the grenades at around 6 pm on Saturday, November 6, near a wire fence at Ilanthila, Belthangady Taluk while he was walking towards his house from Uppinangady.
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