Explosion injures four of a family

Four members of a family were injured on Friday afternoon after a box filled with some unidentified materials exploded inside a house at Dharavi transit camp behind the Dharavi police station.

According to the Dharavi police, Prabhu Wadkar (45), a driver, found a small box wrapped in white paper kept near a tree next to the Sion police station. “Wadkar thought it contained tobacco and brought it home. While he was trying to cut the cello tape and open the box, it exploded injuring Wadkar, his wife Kamal (40), her sister Vimal who had come to visit them and Wadkar’s 20-year-old son, Santosh, who was helping him to open the box,” said Senior Police Inspector Rajendra Thakur from the Dharavi police station.

Santosh and Kamal suffered severe burn injuries while Prabhu and Vimal were discharged after first aid.

When asked about the material used in the explosive, Dharavi police officers said that they had given the explosive material for testing at the Kalina laboratory. “Though we have sent the materials found inside the box for testing, we think that it was the work of some local miscreants. However, the incident was not related to any terrorist activity,” said DCP Milind Barambe (Zone 5).