A woman labourer was hurt in a bomb explosion in Nuapari village under Biridi block on Monday. The victim was admitted in the District Headquarters Hospital for treatment and later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack when her condition turned critical on Tuesday.
Reports said that the victim was identified as Sambari Kandi, a resident of Rangamatia village in Keonjhar district, and was working along with her family members as daily labourer under a contractor in a bridge construction work over Machhagaon canal at Nuapari.
Police said that the bomb was hidden inside rock stone stored for the construction site and the victim accidentally came in contact with the rocks leading to the blast. Villagers rescued the victim from the site in critically injured condition. Soon, police rushed to the site and started an investigation.
Meanwhile, police added that on May 18, a few anti socials had hurled bombs at the bridge site when the contractor refused giving extortion money to them. Two days ago, Biridi police had arrested two anti-socials involved in similar bomb hurling incident at Tentulia village under a construction site.