<p>Kolkata: One person was killed and another was injured in a crude bomb explosion in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/west-bengal">West Bengal</a>'s Purba Bardhaman district, police said on Saturday.</p><p>The incident took place around 8.30 pm in Rajoa village under Katwa sub-division triggering panic among residents. The blast was so intense that it blew off the tin roof of the house where bomb-making was going on, they said.</p><p>Locals said the explosion occurred in an abandoned house, often frequented by anti-social elements, allegedly for manufacturing crude bombs.</p><p>"There were two successive loud explosions that shook the entire area. The explosion rattled the doors and windows of nearby houses," a resident said.</p>.Crude bomb blast in West Bengal leaves one dead, another seriously injured.<p>Police reached the spot soon after being alerted and recovered a charred body from inside the house. Another person, identified as Tufan Chowdhury, was found seriously injured and rushed to a local hospital.</p><p>Preliminary investigation suggests that a local anti-social had brought in a group of miscreants to manufacture country-made bombs inside the house when the explosion took place.</p><p>"We are probing whether the house was being used as a bomb-making facility and other links," a police officer said.</p><p>The body has been sent for post-mortem examination and a forensic team is expected to examine the blast site.</p>
<p>Kolkata: One person was killed and another was injured in a crude bomb explosion in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/west-bengal">West Bengal</a>'s Purba Bardhaman district, police said on Saturday.</p><p>The incident took place around 8.30 pm in Rajoa village under Katwa sub-division triggering panic among residents. The blast was so intense that it blew off the tin roof of the house where bomb-making was going on, they said.</p><p>Locals said the explosion occurred in an abandoned house, often frequented by anti-social elements, allegedly for manufacturing crude bombs.</p><p>"There were two successive loud explosions that shook the entire area. The explosion rattled the doors and windows of nearby houses," a resident said.</p>.Crude bomb blast in West Bengal leaves one dead, another seriously injured.<p>Police reached the spot soon after being alerted and recovered a charred body from inside the house. Another person, identified as Tufan Chowdhury, was found seriously injured and rushed to a local hospital.</p><p>Preliminary investigation suggests that a local anti-social had brought in a group of miscreants to manufacture country-made bombs inside the house when the explosion took place.</p><p>"We are probing whether the house was being used as a bomb-making facility and other links," a police officer said.</p><p>The body has been sent for post-mortem examination and a forensic team is expected to examine the blast site.</p>