Blast in Kolkata injures class 9 student
Press Trust of India | November 1, 2024 | 04:18 PM IST | 1 min read
A Class 9 student found the object in a playground, mistaking it for a ball. The incident sparked local protests over inadequate police vigilance in the area.
NEW DELHI: A boy was seriously injured when an object he was playing with exploded in the southern part of Kolkata's Patuli area on Friday, police said. The class 9 boy found the object in a playground and thought it was a ball. The boy was admitted to a Baghajatin State General Hospital.
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"We are not sure about what exploded. It could be some firecracker. We are investigating the matter. The boy is a local whose condition is a bit critical," the police officer told PTI. The incident sparked protests by local people who complained of inadequate police vigilance in the area leading to such an incident.
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