Explosion at Kolkata's cantonment railway station, 10 crude bombs discovered
The police and railway officials immediately rushed to the side and recovered 10 crude bombs at the spot of explosion
A man in Kolkata was left critically injured after an explosion in Dum Dum Cantonment railway line on Monday morning.
The police and railway officials immediately rushed to the site and recovered 10 crude bombs at the spot of theexplosion.
As per PTI, the bomb exploded 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 that a bomb disposal squad from the Sealdah GRP was rushed to the spot and recovered about 29 crude bombs.
The rag picker, who sustained splinter injuries on his right arm, was admitted to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Further investigation into the incident is underway.
The police along with the railway police have started investigating the matter. Further details awaited.
The explosion comes just two days after abomb was recovered on Saturday night from an under-construction metro tunnel in Kolkata. The bomb was recovered from Subhas Sarovar under-construction metro tunnel.