This city witnessed another incident of bombing on Tuesday night leaving two persons injured. According to locals, two unidentified anti-socials came by a motorbike and hurled bombs near the Mukteswar Temple on Billa Street of the Gate Bazar area under the Town police station. As a result, Narayan Dash of Radhakrushna Street and Krushna Chandra Padhi were injured.
The two miscreants came with a bag carrying bombs and hurled the explosives at their targeted destination before immediately fleeing from the spot. After getting the information, Brahmapur SP Anirudha Singh, SDPO Basanta Kumar Panigrahi and IIC Anil Kumar Mohanty along with a police team reached the spot and started investigation.
The cause of the incident was not yet known. Adequate police personnel have been deployed in the area for purpose of law and order. However, the residents of Brahmapur are in panic due to such frequent incidents of bombing taken place in different parts of the city. The culprits were yet to be identified, said sources.
Mention may be made that during the last three months several incidents of bombing, looting and extortion have taken place, more notably at Kampa Street, Gosaninuagam, Bada Bazar, Gate Bazar, Shanti Nagar, Tulasi Nagar and Sidharth Nagar triggering panic among the denizens. In most of these incidents, the police still remain clueless.