Scrap vendor killed, 4 others injured in blast

A scrap vendor was killed and four others were injured in a blast which took place when he hit a brass object with a hammer in Dakshintola police station area of Mau district Monday evening.

Mau Superintendent of Police Jogendra Kumar said the forensic team is yet to collect the remains of the object which caused the explosion.

He said that they are probing if the object was some ammunition. The nearest army base is located in Gorakhpur district which is 100 kilometres away from Mau.

The SP said vendor Surender Gupta (40) had brought some objects to be sold at the shop of scrap dealer Prem Chandra Gupta at Tejupura locality. He was trying to take out the metal part from the the brass article by hitting it with a hammer.

Surender died on the spot while four others including a woman suffered injuries.

The condition of the woman was stated to be critical, the SP said.

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