Panic gripped the city following a bomb blast in a dustbin near Beldih Kalibari in Bistupur on Sunday night.
In the incident, a 40-year-old man, Pervez Alam sustained injuries on his stomach. A resident of Dhatkidih B-Block, Pervez was talking to one of his friends near Beldih Kalibari when the explosion took place. He was taken to Tata Main Hospital emergency where he was released after first-aid.
Concerned over the situation, the district police sounded an alert in the Steel City. A seven-member of team of bomb disposal squad of Special Task Force (STF), Ranchi arrived at the spot of explosion in the wee hours on Monday for carrying out investigation.
According to information, the bomb disposal team collected a pencil battery from the heap of garbage in the blown up metal dustbin. Other suspected materials were also collected.
Sub-inspector Ganesh Pan of the bomb disposal squad, who was leading the team, said that as per the initial investigation the explosion was definitely an improvised explosive device (IED) and they would send the samples collected from the site to the forensic science laboratory (FSl) for further determining the kind of chemical used
in the bomb.
“We are still in the process to reach to a conclusion. From the initial probe, it was found that the bomb was kept in a container for explosion. We have found a pencil battery from the dustbin. The type of bomb that was exploded will be known only after the samples of residuals are analysed in the FSl," Pan said.
Meanwhile, soon after the incident the police had cordoned off the entire area. Senior SP, Anup Mathew, SP (City) Chandan Jha, deputy Superintendents of Police and the officers-in-charge of different police stations, including Bistupur, Kadma and Sakchi rushed to the spot after the incident.
“As per our understanding a team of criminals might have planted the bomb to create panic among the residents, but we will continue to probe the incident,” said the senior SP.
He went on to add that an alert across the city has been sounded. He made an appeal to the people not to touch unclaimed box, container or tiffin-box lying abandoned at or near any public place, especially the temples.
Mathew said the bomb disposal team which had come to collect the samples from the explosion site will give the probe report in the next four or five days.