2 killed, 3 injured in explosion at scrap godown

Two persons were killed and three others critically injured in an explosion believed to be caused by a grenade or amortar at a scrap dealer's godown here today, police said.
"The exploded material was agrenadeor amortarandmay belong to a the Dogra RegimentalCentrehere," said Bhagwan Swaroop, Inspector General (Law and Order).
Mahendra Yadav (23) and Durga Prasad (30) working at the godown, and were allegedly trying to open it with a hammer to take out the brass from it when the explosion took place killing them, police said.
Workers of scrap dealers usually enter the firing range and collect brassshellsof fired bullets. Sometime they get unexplodedgrenadesandmortarswhich contain lot of brass, police said.

Three persons who were are critically injured have been rushed to Trauma Centre in Lucknow, they said.
City SP R A Gautam said the police isquestioning the scrap dealer identified as IndarYadav.
Investigation is underway and a bomb disposal squad is checking with all the scrap dealers to find out if they have any such type of explosives, he said.