DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The district police averted a terrorist bid by recovering 20 hand grenades from fields along the Bannu-Dera Road here on Saturday.

According to sources, the police acted on a tip-off about the presence of a large number of explosives buried in the fields on Bannu-Dera Road.

Soon after receiving the information, the police and the bomb disposal squad personnel reached the spot and recovered at least 20 hand grenades which were buried in the fields with the intention of carrying out sabotage activities in the area.

The BDS personnel took the grenades into custody and safely defused them later.

The Saddar police registered a case against unknown miscreants and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2018