Bomb explodes in fields during Army exercise in Jaisalmer

Yashpal Goyal

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Jaipur, February 18

A bomb missed its target during an Army exercise on Saturday and exploded in an agriculture field in Jaisalmer's Mohangarh area.

There was no loss of human life and only standing Rabi crop was damaged due to explosion, a senior Jaisalmer police official told The Tribune over phone.

The incident occurred around mid-noon and explosion was heard in Mohangarh town. Civil, police and defence officials rushed to the spot to take a stock of situation.

Defense spokesman Lt Col Manish Ojha said, “On 18 February 2017, in a rare incident during practice firing at Pokhran Field firing ranges, a rocket landed in a cultivated field on the outskirts of the range boundary. There was no loss of life or injury to any person. Safety norms are strictly observed by armed forces during field firing. The cause of the rocket overshooting the range boundary is being investigated.”