Four injured in Amritsar blast

At least four people are injured, two of them seriously, as a crude bomb explodes in a garbage dump of Amritsar cantonment.

At least four people were injured, two of them seriously, when a crude bomb exploded in a garbage dump of Amritsar cantonment on Saturday.

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The explosion took place when a labourer of a garbage contractor was handling waste at the garbage dump, district police chief Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said.

The injured were admitted to a government hospital. Those seriously injured were identified as Paramjit Singh and Baldev Singh.

Senior police officials ruled out any terrorist hand in the blast.