When a police team stumbles upon a major explosives haul, whether during a routine raid, an anti-terror operation, or intelligence-led crackdown, the next few minutes decide everything. A single wrong move can trigger catastrophic chain reactions. Which is why India’s security grid follows a rigid, non-negotiable SOP designed for one purpose: neutralise the threat without risking more lives.

India Today breaks down the standard protocol followed by state police, Special Cell, NIA, NSG, and district bomb squads when they encounter a sizeable stock of Ammonium Nitrate, ANFO, or the far more unstable TATP, the explosive often dubbed “Mother of Satan”.

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