The Election Commission (EC) on April 3 said 41 crude bombs were recovered during a raid in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas on April 2 after police received a tip from a source.
The bombs were discovered in a bush in Bhangore Assembly constituency in Baruipur police district, it said.
The Assembly constituency and the two polling stations at Padmapukur were already being treated as “vulnerable” in the ongoing elections, it said.
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A case has been lodged and investigation ongoing, the EC said, adding that no arrests had been made so far.
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