Kaliganj bypoll result: Bomb blast rocks Nadia during vote counting; 9-year-old girl dies, CM Mamata Banerjee vows strict action | Kolkata News
KOLKATA: A nine-year-old girl was killed in a bomb explosion in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Monday, police said.The incident occurred in Barochandgar under the Kaliganj police station limits, where the girl sustained fatal injuries after being allegedly struck by a bomb that went off in the afternoon, a police officer confirmed.The explosion took place while counting was underway for the Kaliganj assembly bypoll.West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said police will take strict legal action against the culprits.“I am shocked and deeply saddened at the death of a young girl in an explosion at Barochandgar. My prayers and thoughts are with the family in their hour of grief,” Banerjee posted on X.
“Police shall take strong and decisive legal action against the culprits at the earliest,” she added.“The girl’s body has been sent for post-mortem. We are probing into the cause of the explosion,” the police officer said.
