Bhagalpur (Bihar): At least twelve people including a child were killed and several others were injured in a powerful blast in Bihar's Bhagalpur, officials said. According to the information, the blast took place at around 11.30 p.m. on Thursday night in a house in Kajwali Chak village under Tatarpur police station.
The blast was so intense that four houses collapsed and the sound was heard for several kilometres. The nature of the blast is yet to be ascertained.
Following the blast, Bhagalpur range DIG Sujit Kumar, District Magistrate Subrat Kumar Sen, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Babu Ram and other senior officials reached the spot.
"The blast may have taken place during the illegal manufacturing of country-made crude bombs. There is also a possibility that the alleged persons could be making crackers. As the nature of the blast was so intense, we believe that the quantity of the explosives was very high," Sujit Kumar said.