Daijiworld Media Network - Hubballi
Bengaluru, Oct 22: A minor blast at Hubballi railway station injured one person on Monday, October 21.
The blast occurred when an unclaimed bucket with eight plastic boxes exploded at the station. The parcel had come in the Amaravathi Express from Vijayawada to Hubballi.
The injured person, Sadik, 25, was told to handover the unclaimed bucket to the station master. The bucket exploded when he was holding it, said police.
According to police, the exploded bucket, with inscriptions in Tamil and English, was addressed to Prakash Abitkal of Budhargad in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district.
A case was registered after the railway police filed the FIR under sections of the Explosives Act, the Explosive Substance Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).