One killed in blast near Lalu's house

One person has been killed and another critically wounded when a crude bomb exploded near Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's house in Gopalganj.

One person was killed and another critically wounded when a crude bomb exploded near Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's house in Gopalganj on Thursday.

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The bomb, said to have been hidden by anti-socials in a heap of garbage across the road, went off suddenly killing on the spot a 15-year-old boy of Bahora Tola in the district, police said.

Another boy was critically wounded in the explosion and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

Later a live bomb was recovered from the spot and police have launched investigation into the incident.