Bengaluru, May 10 -- Two gelatin sticks were recovered near a route linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bengaluru in Karnataka on Sunday, leading police to detain a man who allegedly made a bomb threat call earlier that day and triggering heightened security checks across the city.

The explosives were found near Tataguni, close to Vaderahalli Gate, within the limits of the Kaggallipura police station on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The location lies near the route expected to be used by the PM while travelling to the Art of Living International Center on Kanakapura Road.

Police said an anti-sabotage check team conducting security inspections ahead of the PM's convoy found the gelatin sticks near a compound wall beside a bri...