Amidst high security alert in the wake of Republic Day on Saturday, two blasts created panic in Bahraich.
The local cops tried to downplay the incident saying it was a crude bomb, senior police officers, however, collected the material strewn at the spot and sent it to forensic laboratory in Agra for test.
Sleuths of Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) also visited the spot for investigation.
Reports said that on Friday morning, Lalla, a safai worker in agriculture office at Vikas Bhawan, was cleaning the premises for Republic Day celebration on Saturday when he found something tied in a handkerchief lying unclaimed. As he touched it, a powerful blast took place, followed by another explosion when the object fell on the ground.
On hearing the blasts, the staff members rushed to the spot and shifted the injured safai worker to hospital and called the police.
Senior officers also reached the spot and collected the material lying at the spot.
They claimed that someone may have concealed the crude bomb in a handkerchief and it exploded when the premises was being cleaned.
A case was registered in this regard and further investigations are on.