A migrant labourer died after when some crude bombs went off on an agricultural field at Tengridanga in Nadia’s Santipur on Thursday morning.
Ranaghat police have alleged that Somirul Seikh, 21, died when the bombs that he was making went off. Somirul’s family has claimed that the bombs were kept hidden in the field owned by his father.
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Source: The Telegraph India News
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