Boy killed in crude bomb explosion in Bengal

    Suri (WB), May 16 (PTI) An 11-year-old boy was killed
when a crude bomb exploded in West Bengal's Birbhum district
on Sunday, police said.
    The bomb was kept in a box near a canal in Khatipur
village and the boy accidentally came in contact with it,
while playing there.
     The bomb exploded when Seikh Nasiruddin picked up the
box, and he died on the spot, a senior officer said.
    "We have received a complaint and started a specific
case against unknown people," Birbhum Superintendent of Police
Nagendra Tripathi said. PTI CORR SBN
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