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West Bengal: One critical after explosion at Dum Dum cantonment railway line, 29 crude bombs recovered

One critically injured.

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One person was critically injured when a crude bomb exploded at Dum Dum cantonment railway line,in outskirts of Kolkata on Monday. The person was a ragpicker, who picked up a bomb filled container, without realising what it is, reports Zee 24 Ghanta. 

Suddenly there was a loud burst and the person suffered injury. He was rushed to the local hospital by GRP and bystanders in the place.

The bomb went off when Basudeb Biswas (28), a rag picker, tried to open a metallic container which he found near a rail track between Dum Dum Cantonment and Dum Dum Junction stations, Superintendent of Railway Police (SRP), Asesh Biswas said.

A bomb disposal squad from the Sealdah GRP rushed to the spot and recovered about 29 crude bombs, he said.

The rag picker, who sustained splinter injuries on his right arm, was admitted to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the SRP said, adding, further investigation into the incident is underway.

On Sunday, police had recovered a dead shell from an under-construction tunnel of the East-West Metro project near Kadapara area of the city.

With PTI inputs 

 

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