Three
persons were killed and another was critically injured in the blast
when members of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) were making crude
bombs, Jagatsinghpur SP Satyabrata Bhoi said.
"Police
have recovered the materials used for making crude bombs from the
site," Bhoi said, adding that the three bodies were sent for postmortem.
The injured was rushed to SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack in critical condition.
The bombs were intended to be used against the police and supporters of the proposed mega steel plant, Bhoi said.
However,
Nachia Mandal of Gobindpur, who was injured in the blast, claimed that
unidentified persons hurled two bombs at him and others when they were
standing near a pond at Patana village.
While
police claimed it had gathered evidence showing the explosion took
place during bomb making, PPSS alleged that some miscreants hurled bombs
on its activists.
PPSS
president Abhay Sahu claimed that some miscreants had hurled bombs
targeting him. "They hurled bomb targeting the house where I stay at
Patana village," Sahu claimed.
However, police rejected the PPSS claim and said that the accident took place while they were making bombs.
"The
PPSS leader is desperately trying to divert public attention from their
anti-social activities which have been exposed following the blast,"
the SP said.
Meanwhile,
the district administration of Jagatsinghpur deployed 12 platoons (360
personnel) of armed force at Posco's proposed plant site villages.
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