Overview
- A crude explosive detonated near Gate No. 3 of Kendriya Vidyalaya-3 around 8 a.m., causing panic but no reported injuries.
- The blast damaged the school’s gate and a section of the boundary wall, according to local reporting.
- A three-member NIA team conducted a preliminary site examination as Mancheswar Police and the Railway Police Force secured the area.
- Officials are analyzing CCTV footage and physical samples, with police assessing whether the device was a cracker or an improvised explosive and whether the blast was deliberate or accidental.
- Authorities have not identified suspects or a motive, though local accounts describe unidentified bike-borne individuals hurling the devices, and political leaders traded blame over law and order.