Low intensity bomb goes off in school ground, 1 injured
Commissioner of Police said while cleaning the playground of a school where a match was to be played later in the day, a ball-like object wrapped in plastic was found by a local youth.
A low-intensity bomb today went off in a school ground in Dum Dum, West Benga in North 24 Parganas district injuring one person, a top police official said. Commissioner of Police, Barrackpore police commissionerate, Nirad Singh said while cleaning the playground of a missionary school where a match was to be played later in the day, a ball-like object wrapped in plastic was found by a local youth.
The object which turned out to be a low-intensity bomb exploded when he threw it, injuring the leg of 21-year-old Johnny Haldar, Singh said. Haldar was taken to a hospital and investigation was on, Singh said.
Saturday being a holiday, there was no student in the school premises and the match was scheduled to be played by outsiders in the school ground.