Bhubaneswar, September 28: Three people were detained in Orissa’s Kandhamal district for their alleged role in a crude bomb blast Sunday, police said Monday.
A man was killed and two people sustained injuries when the bomb they were carrying exploded in Nandagiri village, 56 km from the district headquarters of Phulbani.
“We have detained three people for questioning,” a senior district police official told IANS, adding that the people have been detained after police found four illegally manufactured guns near the site.
Kandhamal district, about 200 km from here, witnessed widespread violence after the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides at his ashram on Aug 23 last year.
More than 25,000 Christians fled their homes after attacks by rampaging mobs, who held Christians responsible for Saraswati’s killing although police blamed the Maoists.
Police, however, said the latest incident had no communal angle.
–Agencies