Low intensity blast injures Navi Mumbai woman
A low intensity blast from a gift parcel left a 45-year-old woman injured in Padgha, Navi Mumbai, on Thursday evening.
The Padgha police in Thane Rural received information about a woman being hospitalised at the Vedanta hospital in Bhiwandi after suffering burn injuries in a gas burner explosion at her residence on Thursday. Based on the information, a police team reached the hospital and tried the recording statement of the victim, but she could not say anything due to the injuries she had suffered.
Padgha police spoke to the injured woman's son named Jeevan and found out that he was informed by his uncle about the explosion, after which he rushed his mother to the hospital. On Friday, the victim's other son named Abhijit, who is a student in a Bhiwandi college, approached the Padgha police and told them that the explosion in which his mother had suffered the burn injuries were not due to any stove burner explosion but from gift bottle left on his bike on July 26.
The victim was shifted to KEM hospital for further treatment.
Teams of the BDDS (Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad), ATS (Anti Terrorism Squad) and Local crime branch of Thane Rural police reached Padgha to investigate the case. The bottle and samples collected from the victim's residence have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory to ascertain what led to the explosion.
A senior police officer said, “It seems that the bottle contained some chemical, which when opened, came in contact with air and led to the explosion. It looks like that the bottle was dropped off by some rival of Abhijit Gharat and accidentally his mother got injured in the explosion”.
The Padgha police in Thane Rural received information about a woman being hospitalised at the Vedanta hospital in Bhiwandi after suffering burn injuries in a gas burner explosion at her residence on Thursday. Based on the information, a police team reached the hospital and tried the recording statement of the victim, but she could not say anything due to the injuries she had suffered.
Padgha police spoke to the injured woman's son named Jeevan and found out that he was informed by his uncle about the explosion, after which he rushed his mother to the hospital. On Friday, the victim's other son named Abhijit, who is a student in a Bhiwandi college, approached the Padgha police and told them that the explosion in which his mother had suffered the burn injuries were not due to any stove burner explosion but from gift bottle left on his bike on July 26.
In his statement to police, Abhijit said, “I had gone to visit my brother Jeevan’s courier shop on July 26 morninng and had parked my bike near the shop and went to buy some stationary at a nearby shop. When I returned after 30 minutes, I found a gift packet wrapped in brown paper on which it was written ‘Gift for Abhjit Gharat, open the bottle cap’. On reaching home, I removed the brown paper and found a small plastic bottle into it”. He added, “There was a bad odour emanating from bottle so I kept it and asked my mother not to touch or open it. She tried opening the bottle on Thursday evening and it led to a loud explosion with sound like that of firecrackers. My mother suffered burn injuries on her face and hands and cried for help after which our neighbours rushed her to the Vedanta hospital”.
The victim was shifted to KEM hospital for further treatment.
Teams of the BDDS (Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad), ATS (Anti Terrorism Squad) and Local crime branch of Thane Rural police reached Padgha to investigate the case. The bottle and samples collected from the victim's residence have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory to ascertain what led to the explosion.
A senior police officer said, “It seems that the bottle contained some chemical, which when opened, came in contact with air and led to the explosion. It looks like that the bottle was dropped off by some rival of Abhijit Gharat and accidentally his mother got injured in the explosion”.
