Suri, West Bengal: The police today recovered a bomb-like device from under a culvert on the Suri-Bolpur road barely half an hour before Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was to pass through it to address a rally in Suri, West Bengal.
Coming a day after her hotel room in Malda caught fire, the device was fitted under a culvert and its wires were partly visible, Birbhum police superintendent RM Khan said.
The Chief Minister, however, reached Suri from Nalhati by helicopter.
The SP said that during security check, a police team found the device, including two gelatin sticks, two detonators, 12 batteries and a charger.
"We have detained five persons from adjacent areas for interrogation," he said.
A number of TMC MLAs, district leaders and supporters crossed the culvert to reach Suri on foot. Buses and other vehicles carrying the meeting-bound TMC supporters were held up on the narrow culvert.
Coming a day after her hotel room in Malda caught fire, the device was fitted under a culvert and its wires were partly visible, Birbhum police superintendent RM Khan said.
The Chief Minister, however, reached Suri from Nalhati by helicopter.
"We have detained five persons from adjacent areas for interrogation," he said.
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