A hand grenade found hidden in a packet in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/west-bengal-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">West Bengal</a>`s Coochbehar Sadar Police Court was on Sunday diffused by experts from the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/indian-army-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Indian Army</a>`s Trishakti Corps, an official said.
The grenade was recovered from a packet allegedly containing contraband, which had been seized earlier.
On a request from the civilian authorities, the grenade was destroyed at the site by experts of the Trishakti Corps, headquartered at Sukna in north Bengal, by way of electric detonation in presence of the state`s police officers, the official said.
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It was reportedly found during cleaning of the store room for seized materials on the Coochbehar Sadar Police Court premises.
"The complete operation was conducted taking all safety precautions and completed in a controlled manner without any collateral damage," he added.
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The grenade was recovered from a packet allegedly containing contraband, which had been seized earlier

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