Raichur: Explosives were found in a KSRTC bus plying from Hyderabad-Raichur on Friday leaving commuters panic-stricken.
Raichur SP Chethan Singh Rathod has said that Shakthinagar police station had got a call that Rs 2,000 denomination notes are being transported in a bus and following this when buses were being checked, explosives were found stashed in two shoulder bags in a KSRTC bus. Timers were fixed to the explosives and wires were hanging out loosely, he said.
The pack was taken to isolated area and bomb squad defused the same. There were 53 passengers in the bus, out of whom two had got off the bus at Meheboobnagar.
Three teams have been formed to trace out the accused.