Bangalore, October 18: Police today said it was still awaiting the forensic science laboratory results on the bag seized from a cricketer at the Chinnaswamy stadium on the suspicion that it may have contained residue of explosive materials.
“We are still awaiting the results,” a top official said.
The police detained 21-year-old Parvez Rasool, a 21-year-old cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir yesterday after a metal detector found traces of some explosives in his bag.
However, a search of the bag yielded nothing.
The police seized the bag and sent it to forensic experts for further examination.
Rasool, who was here to take part in the Under-22 C K Nayudu Tournament slated to start from October 21, was later released for “lack of evidence
–PTI