A hand grenade lying on roadside near Chhatabar village under Dhaipur panchayat, 3km from Athagarh headquarters town, on Wednesday was defused by a bomb squad from Bhubaneswar.
According to sources, some villagers found the live grenade on the roadside and intimated the police immediately. Soon afterwards, police from Athagarh called the bomb squad from Bhubaneswar.
Some eyewitnesses said the grenade dropped from a running car, suspected to be used by arms peddlers.