Mumbai: A heavy cannon ball was found during excavation for the construction of a bridge on a road in Hinjawadi area of Pune. Immediately the police bomb squad reached the spot and seized the cannon ball and handed it over to the army. It is said that this is the ball used in tanks.
In Pune district, practice firing is often conducted by the defense forces in various deserted areas. Initial possibility is being expressed that this artillery shell was fired during similar practice firing a few years ago.
A heavy artillery shell was found while digging with a Khoklen machine for a bridge on the Hinjewadi Man-Mhaluge road.