Those injured in the blast include Manaki Thakur, 60, of Rampur, Kalaiya-12; Bhakti Devi Mishra of Kalaiya-8; 10-year-old Anamika Kumari Das, the daughter of Manoj Kumar Das of Kalaiya-6; Asan Miya Mansur´s 10-year-old daughter Sabina Khatun of Kalaiya-3; Jagadish Sah of Gangapur, Bhatauda-4; Binod Mani Mandal of Prashtoka-7; Rambabu Gosain and Lalmati Devi of Kalaiya-5; and Sonalal Ram and his wife Indrasani Devi Ram of Prashtoka-4. [break]
Among them, Manaki and Anamika have sustained serious injuries. A girl child has sustained injuries to her eye. They have been taken to Narayani Sub-regional Hospital, Birgunj, for further treatment. The rest are being treated at the district hospital.
Kalaiya is tense after the blast. Security has been intensified in the district headquarters after the incident, SP Manoj Neupane said. He added that others except Manaki and Anamika were slightly injured by the shrapnels of the bomb.
It is still not known who was responsible for the blast.
A bomb had exploded in Kalaiya´s vegetable market a month ago also.
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