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Nagpur, May 10 (PTI) Nagpur Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Tuesday said the explosive content in the 54 detonators found in the railway station premises here was "very less" and they did not have the capacity to trigger a blast.
On Monday evening, a policeman had spotted an unclaimed bag outside the Nagpur railway station"s main gate.
A total of 54 detonators were found in the bag, Kumar told reporters.
"As per preliminary information received from experts, the explosive content in the detonators was very less and they did not have the capacity to explode.
It was like that used in crackers," the official said.
To a query, he said as of now, it seems there was "no intention of carrying out a blast".
The Government Railway Police (GRP) have registered a case under the Explosives Act and are conducting an investigation, the IPS officer said.
The Nagpur police and the GRP were scanning CCTV footage and trying to locate the person who left the bag in the railway station premises, Kumar said.
An official of the GRP said the explosives were like "gelatin sticks" used to carry out low-intensity blasts in mines or some other industries.
During investigation, the police traced the manufacturer of the explosive material who said these were firecrackers used in agriculture farms to keep away wild animals, he said.
The unclaimed bag was found at around 7.30 pm after which the bomb detection and disposal squad and sniffer dogs were called to the spot.
The bag was then taken to the Nagpur police headquarters.
After the recovery of the detonators, personnel of the Quick Response Team were deployed at the Nagpur railway station for night patrolling, an official had said on Monday.
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