A "box bomb" was today found planted near the office of an AIADMK functionary here, police said.
According to police, an auto-rickshaw driver noticed the bomb near the office of the functionary at Onion Market here and informed the police.
A team of bomb disposal experts, along with police, rushed to spot and took bomb away for diffusing it, they said.
On February 11, a powerful 'pipe bomb' was found near a compound wall of a private wholesale market at nearby Uthangudi.
It was defused later.
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