BHAGALPUR: A 7-year-old boy, Amrit Kumar, died in a ‘tiffin bomb’ blast near Makhdumshah Ghat under Nathnagar police station area in Bhagalpur on Monday.
Three more live ‘tiffin bombs’ were recovered from the spot.
Amrit was rushed to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JLNMCH) at Mayaganj, but succumbed to his injuries midway. "Local antisocial elements are being interrogated," Nathnagar police station SHO said Md Sajjad Hussain said.
According to police sources, some children were playing in the locality at around 11.10am when they saw an abandoned tiffin box. Amrit tried to open the box, but it exploded.
It is the third incident of bomb explosion in Bhagalpur in less than a week. Earlier on December 9, a 40-year-old man died in an explosion near railway tracks adjecent to Nathnagar railway station.
Similarly, on December 11, two schoolchildren received injuries when a canister bomb exploded in Momin Tola of the town.
