Three days on sanitization of Gandhi Maidan still on

October 30, 2013 16:31

Three days after serial blasts rocked the Gandhi Maidan here claiming six lives during Narendra Modi's rally, Patna Police was still engaged in sanitizing the sprawling ground of bombs and related explosive material, police said today.

The Patna Police had recovered five bombs yesterday from the ground which were defused by the NSG bomb disposal squad.

The sanitization drive was underway for the third successive day today to clear the Gandhi Maidan of bombs and explosive material, Superintendent of Police (SP), City, Jayant Kant told PTI.

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