3 killed in a bomb blast in a Chhattisgarh district

Source: PTI

STAFF WRITER 23:3 HRS IST

Raipur, Nov 18 (PTI) Three persons were killed and two injured in a bomb blast at a village in Naxal-hit Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh tonight.

A group of five villagers were going to a paddy field when they found a container on the way. As they tried to open it, the explosion took place, leaving three of them dead, Rajnandgaon range DIG A D Gautam told PTI over phone.

Gautam did not rule out the possibility of Maoists behind the blast.