Kanakapura youth injured in a crude bomb explosion at rice mill incident in Kodihalli PS

Pramesh S Jain

A 29-year-old man severely injured in a crude bomb explosion at the rice mill premises in Neralahalli in Kanakapura on Sunday .

The victim,Nouhad Pasha was found the crude bomb, kept to hunt down wild boars,picked it up mistaking it as coconut,second before it exploded .

The sound shocked the other workers and rushed to his help and shifted him to hospital from there rushed to Bengaluru hospital for further treatment.Noushad sustained injuries on his hands and face,the police , said .

The Kodihalli police rushed to the spot and inspected the area before registering a case under explosive Substances Act.

The police have initiated a probe to ascertain the accused who places the crude bomb at the factory premises to target wild animals will come to eat food grains at the mill premises .

This is the second such incident as in August a 28-year-old pork butcher was grievously injured in an explosion while he was allegedly preparing crude bombs to kill wild boars in Kanakapura.

The Sathanoor Police had registered a case against the butcher,Anthony Sachin Kumar.Kumar was allegedly preparing crude bombs which accidentally exploded, leaving him with injuries on his hands,legs,and face.