Low intensity blast kills one, injures two in Goa

Panaji: One person was killed and three others were on Thursday seriously injured in a low-intensity blast at a hut at Chandor village near Margao town, 40 km from here. The police, however, has ruled out any terror angle.

The incident occurred when the bomb was being prepared allegedly for poaching of wild boar, a senior police officer said, adding that the police has recovered around 30 bombs from the hut.

“One person, identified as Paplu, was killed while his wife and two children were seriously injured,” DIG O.P. Mishra said.

The landlady told the police that Paplu had assured to give his details within a month and had said that he was working for a mining firm.