Three students sustained critical injuries after an explosion in a private school in Rutungia under Baliguda block of Kandhamal district on Wednesday.
The explosion took place while the students were ‘inspecting’ an unidentified object near the school in the morning.
According to the reports, the three students were playing near the school when they spotted the unidentified object. Soon the trio rushed to the spot and inspected it. However, the object exploded leaving them critically injured.
The injured students were initially rushed to the Baliguda Sub-divisional Hospital and later they were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) as their condition worsened.
A team of the Baliguda police reached the spot and began an investigation.