Over 100 shells found at injured man’s house

Two hurt in explosion on Tuesday

December 12, 2019 01:01 am | Updated 01:01 am IST - CHENNAI

A special team from the Tamil Nadu Commando Force and the Chengalpattu police unearthed over 104 shells, including a few unexploded ones, from the house of Ramakrishnan, who was injured in a blast in Hanumanthapuram on Tuesday.

On Tuesday evening, Ramakrishnan, 45, and an 80-year-old woman were injured in the explosion. He got the explosive, a fuse ignitor, from bushes near the Hanumanthapuram firing range. “From December 2 to 10, the army had practised firing at the range,” said a senior police officer.

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