A bomb disposal squad of the Nepali Army (NA) defused a socket bomb planted at the godown of Nepal Food Corporation’s office in Tikapur Municipality-1 of Kailali district.

The bomb was found on Sunday afternoon while digging the ground by an excavator to construct a drain, informed Police Inspector  Arun Bom at the Tikapur-Area Police Office.

Inspector Bom informed that the NA’s Kalirakshya Battalion arriving from Musariya deactivated the bomb that was found in an aluminum pot and covered by electric wires and black tape.

The bomb disposal team disabled the socket bomb today at around 10 am following which the traffic movement resumed on the road nearby the Corporation’s building.