A suspected IED blast on Thursday morning claimed a life at the industrial city of Durgapur some 150 km from Kolkata. Three others were grievously injured, police said.
The device went off at an electronic goods repairing shop at Bharati Road killing a mechanic instantly and hurting three others. The owner of the shop Shankar Keot had been arrested and was being questioned for further information.
Bomb disposal squad that rushed to the area found two more containers stuffed with some kind of explosives that were destroyed at an abandoned airfield near the city, police said adding forensic experts would reach Durgapur on Friday for further investigation.
“The arrested person has past records of purchasing such items it has been revealed and we are intensely grilling him to find out whether there was a bigger conspiracy” a senior official said.
Bengal has in the past one year or so a number of low-intensity blasts from Khagragarh in Burdwan to Pingla in West Midnapore. Investigations into the Khagragarh blast subsequently revealed a massive conspiracy hatched by Bangladesh terror outfit Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh to bump off some of their top politicians.