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Blast in Kolkata train, 18 injured

May 12, 2015 08:22 am | Updated 12:25 pm IST - Kolkata

Special Correspondent
14 people were injured in low-intensity bomb blasts inside an early morning local train on the suburbs of Kolkata on Tuesday(12/05/2015). The crude bombs exploded at 3:55am just before the Sealdah-Krishnanagar local entered Barrackpore station. The train which started from Sealdah was going to Krishnanagar in Nadia district. - Phto by Sanjoy Ghosh

14 people were injured in low-intensity bomb blasts inside an early morning local train on the suburbs of Kolkata on Tuesday(12/05/2015). The crude bombs exploded at 3:55am just before the Sealdah-Krishnanagar local entered Barrackpore station. The train which started from Sealdah was going to Krishnanagar in Nadia district. - Phto by Sanjoy Ghosh

At least 18 persons were injured from a blast in local train in Titagarh in North 24 Parganas District, about 25 kilometres north of Kolkata. The incident took place at around 4 a.m.

According to initial reports, the blast is a result of “a gang war.”  

A senior railway official said that while it is not clear if miscreants were carrying bombs in the train, there is prima facie evidence that it is a “result of gang war.” 

Hospital sources said that at least five persons are critically injured, in serious conditions.

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