Blast at under-construction cop training centre in Jharkhand

April 20, 2016 16:25

Suspected naxals today triggered a bomb blast at an under-construction constable training centre, beside a CRPF camp, under Jadugora police station limits in Jharkhand. No casualty was reported in the incident, superintendent of police (rural), Mohammed Arsi said.

The under-construction centre is located 3 km away from the uranium township of Jadugora and 25 km from the steel city of Jamshedpur. Eleven low intensity bombs were placed on the under-constructed boundary wall of the training centre but six of them exploded, the SP said, adding the wall was partially damaged.

A bomb disposal squad immediately rushed to the spot and defused the remaining five bombs, he said.

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