Malda: Two children aged seven and nine were injured in a crude bomb explosion in South Lakshmipur of Alipur-2 Gram Panchayat under Kaliachak police station.
The incident, which triggered panic and tension in the area, occurred while the children were playing.
Families of the injured children alleged that miscreants had planted the bomb. However, a local
Trinamool panchayat member claimed the children were injured by an old bomb with which they were unknowingly playing.
Police cordoned off the area and have launched an investigation into the matter.
Local resident Sareya Bibi said: “Children should play in the fields but such act of hurling bombs at them is not acceptable.”
TMC panchayat member Julekha Bibi said: “Nobody hurled the bomb at them. Unfortunately, they were playing with it considering it to be a ball.
Police collected the CCTV footage from my house of the whole incident.”