Assembling bombs to poach a wild boar turned fatal as a person was killed and two others sustained critical injuries in an explosion at Jatiasola village under the Jharpokharia police station in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Das Tudu and the injured persons were Bhaka Saren and Jagar Murmu.
A bomb exploded while Tudu along with his associates was assembling bombs at the backyard of Saren’s house with a purpose for poaching a wild boar. After hearing the blast, villagers and relatives of the victims rushed to the spot. They rushed the victims to the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College Hospital at Baripada. But Tudu succumbed to his injuries on way to the hospital.