<p>Some AK-47 rifle ammunition and 14 hand grenades were recovered during digging work under the employment guarantee scheme in a village pond on Sunday near Punjab’s Jagraon town, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The recovered hand grenades and ammunition were in a rusted condition, police said.“The police have cordoned off the area and taken the grenades and ammunition into its possession,” Jagraon Deputy Superintendent of Police Naveen Kumar said.<br /><br />The pond in village Sidhwan Khurd was being dug up by labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).<br /><br />A few grenades and ammunition were recovered from the same area earlier this month as well.<br /><br />Police officials believe that the grenades and ammunition could have been dumped in the pond by terrorists during years of terrorism (1981-1992) in Punjab.</p>
<p>Some AK-47 rifle ammunition and 14 hand grenades were recovered during digging work under the employment guarantee scheme in a village pond on Sunday near Punjab’s Jagraon town, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The recovered hand grenades and ammunition were in a rusted condition, police said.“The police have cordoned off the area and taken the grenades and ammunition into its possession,” Jagraon Deputy Superintendent of Police Naveen Kumar said.<br /><br />The pond in village Sidhwan Khurd was being dug up by labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).<br /><br />A few grenades and ammunition were recovered from the same area earlier this month as well.<br /><br />Police officials believe that the grenades and ammunition could have been dumped in the pond by terrorists during years of terrorism (1981-1992) in Punjab.</p>