Six pieces of perforated steel planking (PSP) were recovered from the Bharathapuzha under the Kuttippuram bridge on Friday during a combined search conducted by the police and other security agencies.
The search was carried out under the leadership of Intelligence DIG G. Sparjan Kumar in the wake of the recovery of a cache of ammunition from the river on Thursday. Five anti-personnel mines had been found abandoned near the bridge last week.
Used by the Army
Both the land mines and the cache of bullets recovered from the site were used by the Army. The PSP pieces recovered on Friday were rusted heavily. The PSP is used to prevent Army vehicles getting stuck in marshy land.
The search was conducted with the help of an earth mover and using deep search metal detectors (DSMD). Bomb squads from Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, and Kozhikode districts joined the search.
