One person got injured in a pressure bomb explosion which took place in broad daylight in the main road of Hazaribagh on Sunday noon. After the explosion people started running here and there in which some persons got minor injuries too.
It all happened near Panch Mandir Chowk of Main Road where vehicle checking especially of two wheelers was going on by the police.
As per eyewitnesses when the policemen tried to stop a bike on which two youths were riding, suddenly one of them threw a bottle like object on the road which immediately exploded.
The miscreants escaped immediately taking advantage of the situation as neither the people nor the police had expected this type of incident in broad daylight in the main road of the town. A youth named Satyam Kumar, resident of Gwaltoli Muhalla, got injured in this explosion who was rushed to Sadar Hospital for treatment.
Immediately after the explosion police team from Sadar PS reached at the spot and then experts were called who after investigation said that it was a gas filled bottle which is used in refilling the compressor of refrigerators.
The police sources said that the vehicle checking drive was going on especially to nab some unidentified miscreants who had been reported to be involved in several snatching and other cases.
Police has got the information that the miscreants are using black pulsar bike and today as the constables tried to stop a black pulsar bike, miscreants made the explosion and fled away.