Jalpaiguri: At least six passengers were today injured, some of them seriously, when a bomb exploded inside a bus at Borovisah Chowpati in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, officials said.
The passenger bus, bound for Phunsiling in neighbouring Bhutan from Assam, had stopped at Chowpati along the Assam-Bengal border, and as the passengers were about to come down, the bomb, concealed in the rear end, exploded.
The official said police had reached the spot and it is yet to be ascertained who was involved in the planting of the bomb.
The injured have been rushed to the Alipurduar civil hospital for treatment.
The passenger bus, bound for Phunsiling in neighbouring Bhutan from Assam, had stopped at Chowpati along the Assam-Bengal border, and as the passengers were about to come down, the bomb, concealed in the rear end, exploded.
The official said police had reached the spot and it is yet to be ascertained who was involved in the planting of the bomb.
The injured have been rushed to the Alipurduar civil hospital for treatment.
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