Summary:
Kolkata: A massive explosion took place at the bank of river Ganges at Naihati in North 24-Parganas, while police were defusing huge quantities of seized crackers on Thursday afternoon. While igniting the crackers to defuse them, a high intensity explosion took place and a police car parked near the spot was gutted in fire. Several houses in Naihati developed cracks as well and a portion of a house collapsed, injuring a few residents including a child. Defusing of seized crackers was going on since the past three days. Locals alleged that on every occasion, police defuse seized crackers or bombs without following the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)..