The girl, Gayathri, is a Class 5 student of a school in the locality. The incident took place when she went to dry clothes near her house at Rajiv Gandhi Nagar. As explosives kept in the building, without a ceiling, burst, Gayathri fell in shock and sustained minor injuries on her head and hands.

While the girl’s parents did not lodge any complaint, ICF police station came to know about the incident and rushed to the spot. They found two more bags of explosives, which is usually used in temple festivals, in the same building.

 

“The bomb squad studied the explosives and said it had only gun powder and not any other dangerous substance,” said a police officer.

 

Investigation revealed that the building remained unoccupied for the last three years. Further inquiry is on to find out who kept the explosives and whether miscreants hid them on purpose.