A young farmer, Kalyan Kumar of Kotha Timmapuram near Puttur
town, was taken aback when he found a curious object emerging from the ground
while he was tilling his land on Tuesday. Soon, a big gathering rushed to the
spot, and a commotion gripped the village that bombs were planted in the
ground.
The object turned out to be a bomb that was in vogue in the
British Army during the World War-II.
Fearing that it would explode, the farmer buried the object
in the ground, and informed the Puttur police, who rushed to the spot along
with the bomb disposal squad.
Thorough observation of the grenade, and some markings on it
led to information that it was an artillery explosive supplied to the British
troops in the World War-II.
Going by the past records of the police and revenue wings,
an Army base camp had existed in the
Surveillance troops used to guard the surroundings pitching
tents on Nagari and Sadasiva Kona hills zone between Puttur and Nagari during
the World War-II.. It was also found that a military personnel of the British
period lived in Kotha Timmapuram village several decades ago.
Puttur Circle-Inspector T. Sainath and Sub-Inspector Hanumanthappa
said apart from thoroughly scanning the fields at the village, the ground was
also dug for explosive material.