One killed, 3 hurt in Kandhamal rehab centre blast

Updated on Sunday, September 27, 2009, 23:19 IST Tags:Kandhamal, Blast
Phulbani (Orissa): One person was killed and three others injured when a crude bomb being prepared at a rehabilitation centre in Kandhamal district exploded on Sunday. The incident occurred this afternoon when the crude explosive went off when it was being prepared by a man at a tent located in the middle of the rehabilitation centre at Nandagiri, 54 km from here, Kandhamal SP Praveen Kumar said.
Rejecting any communal angle into the incident, he said initially it appeared as if a miscreant hurled the bomb at the rehabilitation centre but probe revealed that it exploded in the tent occupied by one Patrasen Mallick. While Mallick and two others sustained injuries, another person whose identity was not yet known, died on the spot.
Mallick was hospitalised at G Udaygiri and the other two injured were discharged after administering first aid. Police, however, did not rule out possibility of Maoist involvement in the incident as the deceased did not belong to the rehabilitation centre. A subsequent search at the centre also led to seizure of four country-made guns, the SP said adding that police was investigating the matter. The police have intensified patrolling in the place. About 53 riot hit families who had lost their houses and refused to return to villages at Betikela due to fear, were provided land by the state government to set up a colony, official sources said. Of the 53 families, 40 were staying at the place in temporary tents while preparing to construct houses, they said adding that land dispute could be a reason behind the incident. Bureau Report
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Obviously bombs were being prepared in the rehabilitation centre. The government should own responsibility as it happened at a place they were supposed to monitor.

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