Amidst reports of violence from different parts of West Bengal in connection to ensuing panchayat polls, one person was killed and three were injured after a crude bomb went off in State’s Murshidabad district on Saturday.
Alim Biswas, a resident of Beldanga was declared dead at a local hospital. The three others injured were being treated for injuries at a local health facility. Locals alleged that the explosion occurred when bombs were being assembled at a desolate place surrounded by jute fields. Several crude bombs were recovered from the site by the bomb disposal squad of the police.
Murshidabad has been on the boil since the notification for panchayat polls was issued on June 8. Two people have been killed in the district since June 8 and after the death on Saturday three persons have been killed. The tool in the State since June 8 has increased to 10.
