Bhubaneswar

Bomb hurled at house in Ganjam; 2 injured

PNS

Two youths were injured as miscreants hurled a bomb at a house in the Khallikote area in Ganjam district on Saturday morning.

The injured persons were identified as Niranjan Das (27) and Srinivas Das (25).

The incident took place at around 7 am at Haripur village under Tulasipur gram panchayat in the Khallikote police station area.

According to reports, two miscreants came by a motorcycle and hurled the bomb at the house when the two youths were sitting on the veranda. The accused persons fled from the place after the incident.

A complaint in this regard was lodged at the Khallikote police station, following which a probe was initiated. It was suspected that past enmity was the reason behind the incident. However, no arrest had been made so far.

The injured persons were admitted to the MKCG Medical College Hospital here.