Dehradun Police have recovered a dud hand grenade from Gorakhpur chowk, Vasant Vihar, near IMA on Tuesday. In view of the Independence Day celebrations, the security has been beefed up with the deployment of additional forces at important places in the state capital.
SP city Ajay Singh said that some labourers who were digging land while completing some constructions works in Vasant Vihar area saw dud hand grenade and they informed police. Police reached the site and recovered bud hand grenade, he said. Singh further said that security has been tightened ahead of the Independence Day celebrations. Police station officers have been directed to be vigilant and to intensify police patrolling in their jurisdictions, he added.