The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat expressed grief over the death of the 12-year old boy in a bomb explosion in Roorkee and announced `10 lakh cash assistance to his parents. A bomb exploded outside DAV (PG) College in Roorkee in Uttarkhand on Saturday, leaving a child dead. CM Rawat heard about the incident when he was attending the Civil Defence Day programme at Town Hall, Dehradun.
“As of now, we cannot say anything with certainty, but police are trying to find it out. let us give them some time to get to the bottom of the incident,” the CM said.
According to him, the explosion happened when an object dumped in a garbage heap was picked up.
“This is very unfortunate. I request the people to cooperate with police and give them time to proceed on with their probe,” the Chief Minister said.