Advertisement

West Bengal's thriving 'Bomb Bazaar' exposed | Exclusive

Poll-bound West Bengal has lately witnessed a series of Crude-bomb attacks. Amid this, an India Today investigation has unearthed factories handcrafting lethal devices for supplies across the state for a price as low as Rs 130 a piece. On Wednesday, West Bengal minister Jakir Hossain and 20 others were injured after bombs were hurled at them at a train station in Murshidabad. Authorities have ordered a CID probe into the attack.

But in what appears to be a pervasive market of explosive devices, India Today found men constructing, storing, and supplying homemade bombs packed with shrapnel like nails, fins, nuts, and bolts across several districts.

Read More

VIDEOS FROM OTHER SECTIONS

LATEST VIDEOS

Rs 430 crore spent under Jal Jeevan Mission, but MP's Jhabua remains dry

Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh faces a severe water crisis despite the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission. Nearly 430 crore rupees have been spent on laying pipelines and building infrastructure, yet villages like Kheda, Dhundhlpura, and the Bakatpura ward of Para Panchayat remain without tap water.

advertisement