Two persons died and as many were injured when an explosive object went off at a scrap dealer's shop in Phalodi area here today, police said.
"The incident occurred when four persons were trying to extract brass from the disposed scrap collected from the firing range of the Army in the evening, when suddenly one such object exploded," ASP (Jodhpur Rural) Narpat Singh, said.
Babu Khan (55) died on the spot whereas Noor Mohammad (26) died during treatment at the local hospital, he said.
The two others, who were injured were shifted to the hospital, police said, adding the entire area around the shop has been sealed.
Singh said scrap dealers keep collecting the used explosive material left by the Army during routine firing exercise in the region, in the lure of finding precious metals in them.
But in absence of adequate precautions, accidents like these keep happening, thus killing and injuring the civilians, he added.
