Minor killed, 2 injured in suspected crude bomb blast in West Bengal’s Hooghly

Hooghly/West Bengal: In a tragic incident, a minor was killed in a suspected crude bomb blast in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Tuesday. Two people were also injured in the blast that occurred in Pandua and have been hospitalised.

The incident came a day ahead of the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday in West Bengal. Four constituencies in the state will head to the polls.

BJP on blast
Local BJP MP Locket Chatterjee has accused the TMC of being involved in the blast. She claimed that it represents the ruling party’s tactic of spreading fear ahead of senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s campaign in Pandua.

Banerjee, the TMC national general secretary and considered number two in the party, will hold a public meeting later in the day.

The blast came just a day ahead of the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday in West Bengal. Four constituencies in the state will be witnessing voting on May 7.

Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, and Murshidabad is going to polls in the third phase on May 7. A total of 73,37,651 voters, including 36,12,395 women and 154 third-genders, are eligible to exercise their franchise in 7,360 polling stations.