Old stocks of bombs found in Golden Temple
by Ravinder Singh Robin

    Amritsar: A large cache of live hand-grenades was found in the Golden Temple complex on Tuesday when Kar-Sewaks were digging the ground here. Numbering 114, the grenades, mostly live, were unearthed near the Nanak Niwas building which falls under the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee complex. The SSP of Amritsar said that these grenades might be a part of the remnants of Operation Bluestar, adding that the grenades would be sent to lab to find their source. Most of the grenades, unearthed have rust on their surfaces. Meanwhile, the police have cordoned off the area and were investigating whether these grenades were remnants of the 1984 Operation Bluestar or of current origin. The 1984 Operation Bluestar was launched against Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a preacher turned separatist who ran his terrorist campaign from the confines of the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The Operation hurt the sentiments of the Sikh population and ended in the death of Bhindranwala and his associates. A large amount of arms and ammunitions were then recovered from the complex, which had destroyed Akal Takht.

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