PESHAWAR, April 11: Police defused here on Monday a bomb planted outside the residence of Jamaat-i-Islami provincial general secretary Shabir Ahmed Khan in Afghan Colony.

An official of Faqirabad police station said that they rushed to the spot when received information about the presence of a suspicious bag outside the residence of JI leader.

“We called Bomb Disposal Unit to check the bag, placed along a wall of the house,” he said. He added that police searched the area but nobody was arrested. He said that a case against unidentified terrorists was registered.

An official of Bomb Disposal Unit said that the explosive, weighing six kilograms, was packed in plastic. He said that it was a remoter controlled bomb. He said that they also recovered a battery, electric detonator and other items from the site. The official said that the bomb was so powerful that it could destroy the house easily.—Bureau Report