Madurai:
A 'box bomb' was today found planted near the office of an AIADMK functionary in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, police said.
According to police, an auto-rickshaw driver noticed the bomb near the office of the functionary at Onion Market in the city and informed the police.
A team of bomb disposal experts, along with police, rushed to the spot and took the bomb away for diffusing it, they said.
On February 11, a powerful 'pipe bomb' was found near a compound wall of a private wholesale market at nearby Uthangudi.
It was defused later.