1965 Indo-Pak war ammo cache recovered from Barmer

January 31, 2013 11:05

The Border Security Force has recovered a huge cache of explosives dating back to the 1965 India-Pakistan war buried safely under the ground from Barmer district of Rajasthan.

Officials of the BSF successfully conducted Operation Alert in Barmer during which bombs dating back to 1965 were discovered during an excavation.

A senior official spoke to media persons about the recovery.

"We undertook an excavation and found 60-65 bombs, they are highly explosive and have a direct impact radius of 700 metre," said Vinay Kumar, a security official.

Soon after successful completion of the recovery the officials were seen examining the explosives.

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