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Crude bombs exploded in Birbhum village, no casualty

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Press Trust of India Suri (WB)
A number of crude bombs exploded at Lokpur in Birbhum district early today but there was no casualty.

A senior police officer said several bombs went off in a courtyard of a construction at around 2 am triggering panic in the village.

However, no body was recovered from the site nor was anyone found to be injured.

The area, a political turf of supremacy between the ruling Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) had also some abandoned coal mines and was near the Jharkhand border.

A section of locals said the bombs could have been stockpiled for blasting the mines and went off by accident.

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First Published: Jun 02 2016 | 1:28 PM IST

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