EC Orders Pressing Crackdown on ‘Bomb Makers’ Earlier than Bengal’s Ultimate Part
2 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Apr 26, 2026 10:28 PM IST
The Election Fee on Sunday instructed West Bengal Police to hold out a particular drive to arrest bomb makers, after the restoration of bombs and bomb-making materials from an deserted home in South 24 Parganas earlier within the day, an EC official mentioned.
The EC’s directive comes three days earlier than polling within the second and last section of the West Bengal Meeting elections on April 29.
Earlier within the day, the West Bengal Police recovered bombs and explosive materials from Majherhat, in Uttar Kashipur police station space of the district.
“Through the operation, a major cache of suspected explosive supplies was recovered from an deserted home close to a burial floor. The seizure contains 79 crude bomb-like objects, roughly 3.37 kg of gunpowder, 1.61 kg of sulphur, jute ropes, and 10 packets of roll caps, with the help of the Bomb Disposal Squad. All supplies have been seized as per prescribed process. Additional investigation is underway,” the West Bengal Police mentioned in a publish on X.
An EC official mentioned the particular drive has began on this regard, including that every one circumstances involving bombs can be investigated by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA). The Commissioner of Police of KolkataDeputy Commissioners of Police, Superintendents of Police and different officers had been knowledgeable that if any explosives are discovered of their jurisdiction, the officer involved would face motion, the official mentioned. All such supplies needs to be seized within the subsequent 24 hours, the EC official mentioned.
Forward of the two-phased elections, on April 23 and April 29, the EC had emphasised in conferences with safety forces that the polling needs to be violence-free. The EC has deployed an unprecedented variety of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel this time. A complete of two.4 lakh CAPFs personnel are presently deployed within the state, with about 500 corporations or 50,000 personnel anticipated to stay in place even after polling, based on EC officers.
