Three children were injured in an explosion at the house of a Trinamool Congress candidate during the ongoing panchayat polls in West Bengal Monday.
The condition of one of the children is serious. The explosion took place in Birnagar area under Kaliachak police station of Malda district.
"As per the complaint, the children were playing in the courtyard when their mothers heard the sound of an explosion. They rushed and found the children were injured," Malda police superintendent Kalyan Mukherjee told media persons.
All three were rushed to a hospital.