14 live bombs recovered from shop in West Bengal

Bomb squad personnel, during the search in the shop this morning, found the explosives, a police officer said.

Howrah (West Bengal), September 14: Fourteen live bombs were recovered on Thursday from a shop where a man was injured in an explosion yesterday in West Bengal's Howrah district, police said.

Bomb squad personnel, during the search in the shop this morning, found the explosives, a police officer said.

Komer Ali, the shop owner, who was injured in the explosion, has been admitted to Uluberia hospital with severe burn injuries, the officer said. Investigation into the incident is underway, he said, adding, police has not been able to interrogate Ali as he is in hospital.

The explosion happened when Ali was closing the shop yesterday at the Teen Kapati Pool. The area comes under the jurisdiction of Manikpur police station, the officer said.

PTI