Chhatrapur: Police Wednesday cleared the air over a suspected bomb explosion that occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday at the backyard of the house of G Kamaraju Reddy of Chikalkhandi under Chhatrapur police limits.
Chhatrapur SDPO Chandan Kumar Ghadei, along with IIC Sabyasaachi Malla, told the media that Reddy had lit an ‘akhanda deepa’ near a gas cylinder.
The flames of the lamp caused fire to the already leaking gas cylinder.
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This resulted in the explosion of the cylinder, causing severe damage to the house.