Crude bomb explodes near railway station in Bengal, 1 injured

The bomb went off about 100 metres from the Dum Dum Cantonment railway station.

A crude bomb exploded close to the Dum Dum Cantonment railway station on Monday morning, injuring one person, an Eastern Railway spokesperson said.

Crude bombs are found in a hut near Dum Dum Cantonment railway station in Kolkata on Monday morning. (ANI/Twitter)

“The bomb went off at about 100 metres from the railway station. The injured person was not a railway employee or a commuter,” the spokesperson said.

Police have found many such crude bombs in a nearby hut, he said, adding that an inquiry was going on into the incident.

Further details were awaited.