The blast occurred at around 1:45 PM when the victim, identified as 58-year-old Bapi Das, was "near a plastic bag" at the crossing of Blochmann Street and SN Banerjee Road in central Kolkata. Published: September 14, 2024 6:23 PM IST By Edited by : A 58-year-old ragpicker was injured in a mysterious explosion on a busy street in central Kolkata on Saturday afternoon. According to the police, the blast occurred at around 1:45 PM when the victim, identified as 58-year-old Bapi Das, was “near a plastic bag” at the crossing of Blochmann Street and SN Banerjee Road.
Das, who lives on a footpath beside S N Banerjee Road and collects scrap for a living sustained injuries in his right wrist in the blast and is being treated at the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, the police said. Following the blast, a team of officers from the nearby Taltala Police Station rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area, a senior police official said, adding that a Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) was called and is investigation the cause and nature of the explosion. VIDEO | Rag picker, identified as Bapi Das, injured in blast on SN Banerjee Road in central Kolkata earlier today.
More details awaited. (Source: Third Party) — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) “The area was cordoned off and a bomb disposal squad reached the place. They checked the bag and the vicinity,” he said.
The blast resulted in traffic being halted in the area, which was later resumed after the BDDS c.