Patna, May 10: At least 30 live crude bombs, hidden in a field at Chulai Chak village under Rupaspur police station, were recovered by the police this morning. The field is located some 12km from the state capital.

Satyendra Singh, the land owner, noticed the bombs while working in the farm. They were kept in a small ditch and covered with leaves. The police were informed immediately. Soon, a police team arrived at the spot and started diffusing the bombs.

Police are still to find out who hid the bombs in the field.

Police sources said the ongoing panchayat polls could be a reason for planting the bombs in order to create panic, disorder and terror.

Police sources said since these bombs were lying in the open, they could have hurt anyone, especially the children who play in the area.

About the bomb’s intensity police sources said had they exploded, the impact could have been massive.

“Kids unknowingly could have started playing with the bombs, resulting in a fatal accident.

“Fortunately an adult noticed it and informed the police immediately,” said a police officer.

S.K. Mandal, the station house officer of Rupaspur police station, said: “The matter is being investigated.”

“Right now, it is not possible to say anything concrete about who kept the bombs here. But the matter is being investigated and the police will make a breakthrough soon,” he said.

However, the cops in the state capital have still not been able to trace the people who had hidden as many as eight crude bombs under a garbage bin, in front of the Gandhi Maidan police station on March 1.

The explosion had injured four children.

All the injured were ragpickers, who had discovered the bombs and were trying to decimate it.

Policemen at the Gandhi Maidan station said there have been no breakthroughs in the case yet.

The police are investigating the matter and things, an officer at Gandhi Maidan said.

The police on March 2, had detained two persons in connection with the case, but not much progress has been met yet, police sources said.

One dead in blast

One person was killed and two others were injured while they were making a crude bomb in Gauspur villge in Vaishali district, police said today.

The incident took place last night and the body of the man, hid by his accomplices in a bag, was found by the police from a nearby place.

One of the injured is absconding while another has been arrested and taken to hospital for treatment in police custody, the police added.

In another blast, nine persons, including seven women, were injured in a cooking gas cylinder blast in Dudhaili village under Akbarpur police station area in Nawada district, police said today. The cylinder exploded in the process of being switched off in the house of one Vinod Singh last night, police said.

The injured have been admitted to Sadar hospital for treatment, police said.