Tag: Bomb blast

  • Bengal: Four injured in bomb blast; war of words erupt between BJP, TMC

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Four persons were injured, one of them seriously, when several bombs exploded at the Jagaddal area in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district early Sunday triggering panic in the area.

    An official of Barrackpore Police Commissionerate said as per information, an altercation took place between some wedding party members and a local resident over playing music at the marriage hall on Saturday night.

    Several crude bombs exploded before the marriage hall injuring four wedding party members early Sunday, the official said.

    Five persons were detained in connection with the incident as police conducted raids in the area. Two more unexploded bombs were seized from the area during raids.

    The incident triggered a political blame game as the BJP accused TMC of “stockpiling” bombs across the state ahead of the panchayat polls in 2023. However, the TMC countered the charges saying BJP is levelling “false” charges.

    BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar told reporters that local TMC leaders have “stockpiled” bombs in the area and whenever there is a dispute, bombs are hurled by the ruling party miscreants.

    “Several bomb blasts and recovery of explosives had taken place in the Bhatpara-Jagaddal belt under Barrackpore sub-division in North 24 Parganas district and the involvement of TMC has been proved in every incident,” Majumdar said.

    TMC state spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumdar said “BJP is levelling false charges against the TMC.

    “Our men are not involved in such incidents. There have been stray incidents. Our party has no association with any of them. Police are taking action…,” he added.

    KOLKATA: Four persons were injured, one of them seriously, when several bombs exploded at the Jagaddal area in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district early Sunday triggering panic in the area.

    An official of Barrackpore Police Commissionerate said as per information, an altercation took place between some wedding party members and a local resident over playing music at the marriage hall on Saturday night.

    Several crude bombs exploded before the marriage hall injuring four wedding party members early Sunday, the official said.

    Five persons were detained in connection with the incident as police conducted raids in the area. Two more unexploded bombs were seized from the area during raids.

    The incident triggered a political blame game as the BJP accused TMC of “stockpiling” bombs across the state ahead of the panchayat polls in 2023. However, the TMC countered the charges saying BJP is levelling “false” charges.

    BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar told reporters that local TMC leaders have “stockpiled” bombs in the area and whenever there is a dispute, bombs are hurled by the ruling party miscreants.

    “Several bomb blasts and recovery of explosives had taken place in the Bhatpara-Jagaddal belt under Barrackpore sub-division in North 24 Parganas district and the involvement of TMC has been proved in every incident,” Majumdar said.

    TMC state spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumdar said “BJP is levelling false charges against the TMC.

    “Our men are not involved in such incidents. There have been stray incidents. Our party has no association with any of them. Police are taking action…,” he added.

  • Two ITBP personnel injured in Manipur IED blast

    By PTI

    IMPHAL/NEW DELHI: Two personnel of border guarding force ITBP were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in poll-bound Manipur on Sunday, officials said.

    The incident was reported around 8 pm in the Wangoo Tera area of Kakching district, about 45 kms from state capital Imphal. Constables Gaurav Rai and Girija Shankar have been injured in the blast, they said.

    An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) party along with a state police personnel were conducting an area domination patrol when the blast took place, they said.

    The troops were part of the ‘E’ company of the 610 ITBP election battalion deployed for poll duties in the state.

    The injured troops are stated to be out of danger and have been admitted to the Kakching civil hospital. Assembly elections in the northeastern state will be held in two phases on February 28 and March 5. Counting of votes will be held on March 10.

  • Chhattisgarh: 12 civilians injured in IED blast set-up by Maoists

    Express News Service

    RAIPUR: Twelve civilians were injured after the vehicle they were onboard was hit by a powerful improvised explosion device (IED), triggered by the outlawed CPI (Maoist) at Ghotiya in the strife-torn Dantewada district on Thursday morning.

    “There were 12 persons in the ill-fated Bolero jeep, which was on its way to Dantewada from Narayanpur district. The security forces reached the spot to assist the injured taken to the district hospital. The condition of two injured are stated to be critical,” said Abhishek Pallava, Dantewada, district Superintendent of Police.

    The district police led by Pallava reached the spot to lend the helping hand to the injured in reaching the hospital.

    Dantewada and Narayanpur are among the seven Maoist-affected districts in the conflict zone of Bastar, south Chhattisgarh.

  • Six injured in bomb blast in Bengal

    By PTI
    KOLKATA: At least six people were injured in a blast in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district when they were allegedly manufacturing bombs, police said on Saturday.

    The incident happened at the residence of one of the injured persons in Gosaba area on Friday night, a senior police officer said.

    A preliminary investigation revealed that they belong to a political party, he said.

    They are undergoing treatment at Canning Sub- Divisional Hospital, the officer said.

    Family members of the injured people claimed that the six are supporters of the BJP and were attacked by Trinamool Congress activists when they were coming from a marriage ceremony.

    “We are aware of the claims of their family members. It seems that they were manufacturing bombs when the blast occurred. We are investigating the matter and talking to local people,” the officer said.