Three students of the Borigam Upgraded High School were seriously injured when an electronic detonator used for mining exploded at Borigam under the Dabugam police station of Nabarangpur district on Monday night.
According to sources, the incident took place when a student, Ranjib
Santa, brought a detonator from the nearby stone blasting area, connected the two wires of the detonator with a battery while playing with it at the school hostel.
Ranjib, Binayak Santa and lipun Bhatra were injured in the blast. The school’s headmaster got the students admitted at the Dabugam Hospital. Ranjib was later referred to the District Headquarters Hospital here for better treatment.