The Tamil Nadu Police on Wednesday morning recovered two 'pipe bombs' from a cement factory in Tirunelveli. The pipe bombs were discovered after the cement factory management received a telephone call that improvised explosives would go off at five places in the cement factory if the callers were not given a ransom of Rs 50 lakh.
After the company management informed the police about the threat calls, the Thaazhiyoothu police immediately reached the spot and conducted a thorough check with the help of Bomb Detection and Disposable Squad and found the two pipe bombs.
Tirunelveli, the southern part of the state, is tense after the detection by the police and the Bomb Detection and Disposable squad. The factory, located at Shankar Nagar supplies cement to Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Police suspect this to be the handiwork of a few terminated employees of the cement factory. Following Covid-19 restrictions, the cement factory had to stop continuing the services of a few hundred contract employees. However, police sources said the department is conducting a thorough investigation from all angles. Superintendent of Police N. Manivannan, who visited the cement factory around midnight, conducted comprehensive check on the plant premises and deployed police personnel there. The recovered ‘pipe bombs’ have been sent for analysis.
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