BENGALURU : One civilian was injured in a mild intensity blast on Monday in Hubballi Railway station that points to major procedural lapse by the Railway Protection Force (RPF), according to the railway police. According to the police, RPF personnel found an unattended bucket with a lid inside a train that had arrived at 11.20 am to Hubballi from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. RPF personnel then took the bucket near the station master’s chamber where they tried to check the contents of the bucket, which included some small plastic boxes. “The RPF asked a local vendor to open a box and that’s when the blast happened," said a senior official from the Railway police, requesting not to be named. The right palm of Hussain, a local vendor, was injured as the blast happened when he opened one of the boxes, the official cited above said.

Source: Mint October 21, 2019 14:37 UTC