At least seven children were injured and three of them critical, in an explosion near a garbage dump on Tuesday in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district. The injured children were admitted to the hospital. The police have started an investigation into the incident.
The incident took place at Shahjahin ground in Khilafat Nagar locality under Habibpur police station around 12 p.m. on Tuesday where the children, all said to be aged below 12 years, were playing and got in touch with the crude bomb near a garbage dump before it exploded and injured them.
Police officials said three of the seriously injured children were undergoing treatment at the nearest government Medical College and Hospital in Bhagalpur. “Forensic experts, dog squad team and Intelligence Bureau officials have rushed to the site to collect evidence”, said city Superintendent of Police, Bhagalpur, K. Ramdas while adding, “prima facie it appears the bomb exploded after the playing children came in contact with it inadvertently”.
“The explosion sound was very loud following which we rushed towards the playing ground and found the playing children injured”, said the mother of an injured child.
“A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Police has also been formed to probe the incident”, said senior Superintendent of Police, Bhagalpur, Anand Kumar.
Published - October 01, 2024 04:17 pm IST
