Kolkata: A low intensity bomb blast in a coach of Sealdah-Krishnanagar local train on Tuesday near Titagarh station in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district in which seventeen people had been injured.
This incident happened at around 4:00 AM on Tuesday.
Reports say that two groups travelling in the local train clashed and hurled bombs at each other.
The blast took place in the fifth compartment from the engine of the local train under Eastern Railway’s Sealdah Main section.
The injured have been admitted to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
RN Mahapatra, CPRO Eastern Railway said that the train left Sealdah station at 03:20 am and reached Titagarh station at 03:55 am. The blast took place just after a person boarded the train at Titagarh station.
He also said that the security has been beefed up to ensure passenger safety.
The railway police are investigating the incident which appeared to be a crude bomb blast.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Siddharth Nath Singh had questioned the intension of Trinamool Congress government and said that no case in Bengal is being handled honestly.
While demanding a thorough probe into the incident, the BJP national secretary and West Bengal in-charge said, “How can two rival groups sit in the train early morning and decide to throw bombs at each other.”
Bureau Report
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