Kolkata, Oct. 22 -- Tension gripped the Duttapukur area on the night of Vijay Dashami after the state police seized an abandoned vehicle packed with a massive cache of suspected explosives and banned chemicals along Jessore Road in the Tetultala area.
The white car that was parked outside a local two-wheeler showroom for two days raised suspicions among local residents who eventually alerted the police. A high-level joint operation was immediately launched, bringing in the state's Special Task Force (STF), the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the National Security Guard (NSG) and the Bomb Disposal Squad. According to police, after inspection of the suspicious substances kept inside the car, the NSG reported that they found no signs of any explosive material so far. Superintendent of Police (SP), Barasat Police District, J Mercy, said they had received the NSG report and were awaiting the results of the forensic examination.
The inquiry is ongoing, the SP added. Meanwhile, police are questioning the car's owner, identified as Rakibul Islam, who reportedly owns the two-wheeler showroom in front of which the vehicle was parked.
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