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Kolkata: A seven-year-old child was killed and nine people, including his mother, were injured in a low-intensity explosion in front of a multi-storey building at Nagerbazar in Kolkata’s northern suburbs on Tuesday, police said.
The ruling Trinamool Congress held the BJP responsible for the blast and alleged that the saffron party was aiming to kill South Dum Dum Municipality chairman and TMC leader Panchu Roy. But the BJP rubbished the charges.
As per the initial investigation, ammonium nitrate was used in the low-intensity blast outside a fruit shop on the ground floor of the building in the congested Kazipara area under the jurisdiction of Dum Dum police station around 9 am, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Barrackpore Commissionerate, Ananda Roy said.
“A child, who was severely injured in the blast, died in hospital. A total of nine persons are injured,” he said.
A police officer said, “It was a socket bomb explosion. Forensic team and the bomb squad of CID are examining the spot. We have started further investigation.”
Panchu Roy, whose office is at the building, claimed that he was the target of the blast.
Stopping short of naming any political party, he said the forces, which are currently attacking the ruling TMC all over Bengal, were behind the attack. “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,” Roy told PTI. Asked whether the explosion was a result of infighting within the TMC, he said there was no such issue in south Bengal.
TMC North 24 Parganas district president and state minister Jyotipriyo Mullick, who visited the spot, held the BJP responsible for the blast and said it was aimed to harm Panchu Roy and other party members. (PTI)

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