By IANS,
Kolkata : Two people were killed and seven sustained injuries in an explosion near the Sarbamangala Ghat in the city Sunday evening, the police said but denied it was a terrorist act.
The explosion occurred in a scrap iron shop in the area under the North Port Police Station, police officials said.
The incident took place around 6 p.m. when some shop employees were rummaging through scrap iron kept in the shop.
“It was only a crude bomb. It is not linked to any subversive activity,” deputy commissioner (detective department) Javed Shamim said.
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