Four bombs placed in as many boxes were spotted near the Gundicha Temple here, creating panic in the locality on Friday.
On being informed, the Kumbharpada police rushed to the spot. later, the cops along with a bomb disposal squad defused the bombs.
According to reports, locals found an abandoned bag, raising suspicion among them. They informed the police as it remained unclaimed for a while.
The police reached recovered the bombs from near an eatery, just a few meters from the Gundicha Temple.
The bombs were fitted inside four tiffin boxes. Sources said samples of the explosive were sent to the Forensic Science laboratory, Bhubaneswar for examination.
However, the strategic planting near the Gundicha Temple located near the bus-stand in Puri, which has been in the target of terrorists, has worried the police.
Notably, the State has been facing tough challenges during the last few months after detection of Al Qaeda operatives, Bangladeshi infiltration, and SIMI terror module.
It might be mentioned that earlier in 2015, a youth, Subhash Ramchandran, had set on fire the bogies of different trains at the Puri railway station.
During interrogation, he had confessed to the NIA that he was given money by some terror outfits to create mayhem in the holy town.