Bomb again discovered in Phuentsholing

Phuentsholing, March 12: Personnel of the Royal Bhutan Police uncovered an improvised explosive devise along a highway in Phuentsholing on Sunday.

The explosive was planted below a culvert on the road connecting Pasakha and Tala.

Labourers working in the road informed the police after they noticed an electric wire near the culvert.

In the investigation that followed, police discovered the electric wire connected to a small box which contained the improvised explosive device.

Police said, the device has been removed form the area and diffused.

Along with the explosive, the police said it found pamphlets in the name of Bhutan Tiger Force. The group, not recognised earlier, claimed responsibility of planting the explosive.

Police, however, claimed a communist group called Bhutan Communist Party planted the explosive. The party had said it operates inside Bhutan. Bhutan News Service