Timer device with Ammonium Nitrate, RDX used in IED recovered from Delhi’s Seemapuri

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A timer device with Ammonium Nitrate and RDX was used in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) recovered from a house in northeast Delhi's Old Seemapuri on Thursday, said National Security Guard (NSG).</p>
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The elite NSG wing under the Ministry of Home Affairs also told ANI that the IED was recovered from the second floor of a house and its weight was approximately 2.5 kg to 3 kg. A Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of the NSG diffused the IED soon after it arrived at the spot around 2.45 pm following information regarding the explosive received from the Delhi Police.</p>
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The IED was disposed off in a controlled explosion by pressing it into an eight-foot-deep pit at a safe place, which triggered a loud sound and smoke.</p>
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The NSG also said that a detailed post-analysis chemical report of the explosive will be submitted to the Delhi Police soon.</p>
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The Delhi Police informed the NSG soon after the IED was recovered from an unattended bag.</p>
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The recovery of the IED left security agencies into tizzy as a similar kind of explosive was recovered from east Delhi's Ghazipur Flower Market on January 14. It was a major security threat just two weeks ahead of Republic Day celebrations then.</p>
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Officials from the Special Cell of Delhi Police have started an inquiry and multiple agencies also engaged meanwhile to get inputs regarding the recovery of the IED.</p>