145 kilos of explosives found in Varanasi

Three bags filled with nearly 145 kilos of highly explosive ammonium nitrate were discovered in an abandoned car in Varanasi on Saturday, June 14.

The explosives were found by the police when they were checking vehicles on the National Highway in Varanasi.

The car was coming in from Allahabad and when the driver saw the police checking vehicles, he abandoned the vehicle, parked it in a side lane and fled.

When the police saw the man fleeing, they checked the vehicle and discovered the explosives.

No one has been arrested so far and the police are trying to trace the car's owner and driver.

The law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh is already surcharged after the recent rape and murder cases. The discovery of explosives in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency may be an attempt, police soruces feel, to disrupt law and order in the state.

Additional inputs: PTI

Image: Narendra Modi heads to file his nomination in Varanasi. Photograph: Sandeep Pal