Bomb Blast in Kolkata: 8-year-old killed, many injured in explosion in Dum Dum’s Nagerbazar

Four people were injured including the death of an eight-year-old child in a socket bomb explosion in front of a multi-storey building in the Nagerbazar area in Kolkata's northern suburbs on Tuesday, a police report said.

According to a police report the explosion took place outside a fruit shop on the ground floor of the building in the congested Kazipara area around 9 am.

The injured persons were rushed to the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital where one eight old year child succumbed to injuries in the blast.

As mentioned by police reports forensic team and sniffer dogs have been sent to the spot to investigate the nature of the bomb blast in Kolkata

A senior officer of Barrackpore City Police Commissionerate said, "Initially, we thought it was a gas cylinder blast. But it is not so. We are trying to find out the details. Forensic experts, along with the CID bomb disposal squad, are examining the area."

Another police officer said, “It was a high-intensity blast. 4 people seriously injured, 6 injured. Found some iron nails but can’t ascertain the cause of blast yet as there is no smell of gunpowder.”

The NIA has reportedly sought details of the blast from the state CID.

The building in front of which the explosion took place also have the office of South Dum Dum Municipality Chairman Panchu Roy, who asserted that he was the actual target of the blast.

He said, "I think they tried to target me. Today is October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. We all know which group was involved in Gandhiji's killing. I will not be surprised if that same group was involved in this blast."

Roy also told PTI, "It was a pre-planned blast... They had planned to kill me and other TMC workers, as it would create panic and help them gain foothold in the area."

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