Explosives Found During Building Foundation Dig in Salyan

Surkhet. A large quantity of bombs and explosives has been found while digging the foundation for a building construction in Salyan.
Eighty-six wartime bombs were found while digging the foundation for a new building within the premises of the District Police Office Salyan in Sharada Municipality-3.  

The District Police Office Salyan has stated that among these, 82 were socket bombs, 3 were sutali bombs, and 1 was a bottle bomb.

According to Salyan's Police Chief Hem Bahadur KC, around 12:35 PM on Wednesday, a suspicious object resembling a socket bomb was found while digging the foundation for the new building.
'Coordination was then made with Siddhibaksh Battalion Salyan of the Nepali Army for disposal,' he said, 'When the army arrived, 10 socket bombs were found by 4 PM that day.'

He stated that more bombs were found again while excavating at 11:20 AM on Saturday.
Furthermore, the police reported that during the excavation, 7 more radio sets (walkie-talkies), 500 grams of prepared explosives, 2 kg of parts used to make bombs, and 10 meters of firing cable were also found.

A team of the Nepali Army has been deployed to defuse the found bombs.  
A 6-member engineering team under the command of Captain Shree Prasad Ramjali from Kalibhakti Battalion Bhairahawa and a 10-member team under the leadership of Captain Mahesh Adhikari from Siddhibaksh Battalion Salyan have reached the scene.
A team under the leadership of Second Lieutenant Krishna Chhetri from Siddhibaksh Battalion Salyan was deployed on Wednesday itself. Due to the large quantity, a special team from the 19th Brigade Tulsipur Dang under the Mid-Western Division was also called for additional technical support.