Coconut groove blast not to affect security for Shekhawat

Puducherry, Dec 25 (UNI) The explosion at a coconut groove at Thengaithittu near here on Saturday last will not pose any problems to security arrangements made for the visit of Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekawat here on December 30.

Senior Superintendent of Police Chaya Sharma, in a statement here clarified that the place was one-and-a-half km away from the helipad where Mr Shekhawat is scheduled to land.

She said the crude explosive device seized by the police was the size of a cricket ball like a fire cracker.

One person, who was injured in an explosion on December 23 was admitted to the government general hospital here for treatment.

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