A low-intensity bomb exploded 15 minutes before unfurling the national flag on the premises of the Government Primary School Mahuatikar, just 50 meters from the Sadar Panchayat Secretariat, located in the headquarters of the Badgad block in Garhwa district on Sunday.
According to reports some people have suffered minor injuries in this incident. In the morning of 26 January, when the teachers and children of the school reached their school premises in the excitement of unfurling the national flag on Republic Day, the bomb was placed under the enclosure of some fixed bricks and stones inside the circle of the site of the scheduled flag.
Locals said that some children and school teacher Krishna Kumar have suffered minor injuries.
The incident is about 8:05 in the morning. On receiving the information, Bargad OP in-charge Jag Narayan Sharma reached the spot.
Information related to this has been given to Bhandariya police station.
The Block Development Officer and the local Zilla Parishad members reached the school premises as soon as they received the information, after which the programme of Republic Day was convened by everyone.
SP Ashwani Kumar Sinha said, “It was a low intensity bomb. This is the work of anti-social elements, not of Naxalites. The police have started investigating the cases."