DIBRUGARH: One person was killed, and two others injured, in an explosion in Tinsukia town on Tuesday.
Police said the blast occurred at a scrap godown located at Hijuguri area of the town. The victim, Bijoy Shah, a scrap collector, was trying to split a mortar shell with an iron hammer when it exploded, killing him instantly. Shah apparently mistook the mortar shell for some other metal object.