Kolkata: A low-intensity socket bomb explosion in Kolkata killing an eight year old has sparked political controversy in West Bengal. At least 9 people, including the child’s mother has been injured. The blast took place at Kazipara, Nagerbazar, outside the office of Panchu Roy, the chairperson of South Dum Dum Municipality. The police confirmed the explosion was caused by a crude bomb and was not a cylinder blast as was conceived initially. Roy accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of carrying out the blast. He attends this office every Tuesday. “This was a planned attack," Roy said claiming himself to be the target. “The BJP is making a fuss about Islampur and targeting the chairman in South Dum Dum with bombs," said Jyotipriya Mallick, a minister in the West Bengal cabinet. He said Trinamool will take care of the injured and the family of the deceased. Dilip Ghosh, the president of BJP’s state unit, rejected the claims made by Roy and Mallick. “Trinamool Congress itself is behind all the hooliganism in the state," Ghosh said. He claimed that blaming the BJP was Trinamool’s way of shedding responsibilities. The ruling party was also attacked by Sujan Chakraborty, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) lawmaker. “It is time that the chief minister quits playing dirty politics and takes care of the people of the state," Chakraborty said. Rajesh Kumar Singh, the commissioner of Barrackpore Police confirmed the blast that killed Bibhas Ghosh. The bomb disposal squad of the Criminal Investigation Department was also at the spot. Subscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a valid email * Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.<doc-sep>Due to the national holiday, the area was quite crowded and numerous children were playing on the street. Due to the national holiday, the area was quite crowded and numerous children were playing on the street. A high-intensity explosion took place outside Trinamool Congress office at Kajipara in Nazerbager, Kolkata on Tuesday morning, killing a seven-year-old boy. Police are yet to ascertain the reason of the blast. The area was crowded on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. The deceased has been identified as Bibhash Ghosh. His mother Basanti Ghosh too have been injured in the blast. Due to the national holiday, the area was quite cramped and numerous children were playing on the street. The Trinamool Congress blamed the BJP for the blast. The saffron party, however, refuted the allegation. Read in Bengali<doc-sep>KOLKATA: A seven-year-old child was killed and nine people, including his mother, were injured in a low-intensity explosion in front of a multi-storey building at Nagerbazar in Kolkata's northern suburbs on Tuesday, police said.The ruling Trinamool Congress held the BJP responsible for the blast and alleged that the saffron party was aiming to kill South Dum Dum Municipality chairman and TMC leader Panchu Roy. But the BJP rubbished the charges.As per the initial investigation, ammonium nitrate was used in the low-intensity blast 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, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Barrackpore Commissionerate, Ananda Roy said. "A child, who was severely injured in the blast, died in hospital. A total of nine persons are injured," he said.A police officer said, "It was a socket bomb explosion. A forensic team and the bomb squad of CID are examining the spot. We have started further investigation." A socket bomb is an improvised explosive device "Initially, we thought it was a gas cylinder blast. But it is not so. We have found a few iron nails but there is no smell of gunpowder," another senior police officer said.Panchu Roy, whose office is at the building, claimed that he was the target of the blast.Stopping short of naming any political party, he said the forces, which are currently attacking the ruling TMC all over Bengal, were behind the attack. "It was a pre-planned blast... They had planned to kill me and other TMC workers, as it would create panic and help them gain a foothold in the area," Panchu Roy told PTI.Asked whether the explosion was a result of infighting within the TMC, he said there was no such issue in south Bengal.TMC North 24 Parganas district president and state minister Jyotipriyo Mullick, who visited the spot, held the BJP responsible for the blast and said it was aimed to harm Panchu Roy and other party members. "The blast is an example of a deep conspiracy to kill Panchu Roy. This was a very well-planned one. It was a ploy to kill Panchu Roy. They (the BJP) is trying to create unnecessary problems among the people throughout the state. "The BJP is trying to play divisive politics. They are shouting against the incident in Islampur but trying to kill Roy here," Mullick said.Two students died in a clash with the police at Islampur in North Dinajpur district on September 20 over the appointment of Urdu and Sanskrit teachers at Daribhita High School.The state government has ordered CID inquiry into the incident. BJP had called a state-wide shutdown over the incident on September 26.BJP state president Dilip Ghosh rubbished Mullick's allegations and said it has become a "mania" for the TMC to blame the saffron party for every incident that happens in the state.He alleged that the TMC party offices have become a "storehouse of bombs" and hence in every blast the name of the ruling party surfaces.<doc-sep>One seven-year-old child died and at least nine people were injured in an explosion in Kolkata’s Nagerbazar area on Tuesday, ANI reported. The explosion was reported outside a shop on the ground floor of a building around 9 am, according to PTI. Barrackpore Commissionerate Deputy Commissioner of Police Ananda Roy said one of the injured was in a critical condition, PTI reported. “Initially, we thought it was a gas cylinder blast. But it is not so. We are trying to find out the details,” a senior officer of Barrackpore City Police Commissionerate said. “Forensic experts, along with the CID bomb disposal squad, are examining the area.” The police officer said the building also houses the office of South Dum Dum Municipality chairperson Panchu Roy. “It was a pre-planned blast... They had planned to kill me and other Trinamool Congress workers as it would create panic and help them gain foothold in the area,” Panchu Roy told PTI. The Trinamool Congress acussed the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of plotting to kill the municipality official. The BJP refuted the allegations and demanded a National Investigation Agency inquiry into the matter. “I think this type of blast is similar to the ones carried out by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh elsewhere,” ANI quoted West Bengal minister Purnendu Basu as saying. Reacting to Basu’s comment, Union minister Kiren Rijiju accused the Trinamool Congress of politicising the matter. BJP leader Mukul Roy also rebuffed Basu’s allegation, reported ANI. “They have the habit of levelling false allegations,” Roy added. “It is their political game.”<doc-sep>
A forensic team and sniffer dogs have been sent to the spot to ascertain the nature of explosion. Five people, including a woman and a child, were injured in an explosion in front of a multi-storey building in the Nagerbazar area in Kolkata'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. A forensic team and sniffer dogs have been sent to the spot to ascertain the nature of explosion, police said. "Initially, we thought it was a gas cylinder blast. But it is not so. We are trying to find out the details. Forensic experts, along with the CID bomb disposal squad, are examining the area," a senior officer of Barrackpore City Police Commissionerate said. The building also houses the office of South Dum Dum Municipality Chairman Panchu Roy, who claimed that he was the actual target of the blast. Mr Roy, stopping short of naming any political party, said the forces, which are currently attacking the ruling TMC all over Bengal, are behind the attack. "It was a pre-planned blast... They had planned to kill me and other TMC workers, as it would create panic and help them gain foothold in the area," he told PTI. He also claimed that the number of injured people was 10. Asked whether the explosion was a result of infighting within the TMC, Mr Roy said there was no such issue in south Bengal.