Five people injured in an explosion in front of building in Nagerbazar area
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Five people were injured in an explosion in front of a multi-storey building in the Nagerbazar area in the city's northern suburbs on Tuesday, police said.
The explosion was reported outside a fruit shop on the ground floor of the building in the congested Kazipara area under the jurisdiction of Dum Dum Police Station around 9 am, a police officer said.
The injured have been rushed to the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, he said.
The building also houses the office of South Dum Dum Municipality Chairman, the officer said.
A forensic team and sniffer dogs have been sent to the spot to ascertain the nature of the explosion, police said.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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