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Saturday, September 15, 2018

With bomb cache, plot to hit ’18 Sunburn unearthed


Mumbai: Different chemical powders weighing 24kg seized from the Nalasopara house of arrested gau rakshak and Sanathan Sanstha sympathizer Vaibhav Raut are explosives and were enough to make 50-60 bombs

The Anti-Terrorism Squad had seized 22 bombs, each weighing 500-600g, from Raut’s house. Investigators are now focusing on the larger terror conspiracy, and a senior IPS officer said the popular Sunburn music festival, set to be held in November-December 2018, was also in the crosshairs of the busted terror module.

The electronic dance music festival attended by lakhs is held near Pune. The ATS had told the court that the group planned to target the earlier edition of Sunburn, held on 28-31 December, 2017, as they consider it “anti-Hindu”, but developed cold feet. The seized bombs were assembled a month before the Sunburn fest last December, said a source.

The Times of India, September 15, 2018

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