Bhagalpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Babu Lal said Azad is the person responsible for supplying explosives to Lilavati for making firecrackers. (Image: NEWS18/FILE)
Mohammad Azad was the owner of the house in which the blast took place in the forenoon of March 3, killing 15 people, including co-accused Lilavati Devi.
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Four days after the blast in Bihar’s Bhagalpur, the main accused surrendered in the district court on Monday. Mohammad Azad was the owner of the house in which the blast took place in the forenoon of March 3, killing 15 people, including co-accused Lilavati Devi.
Bhagalpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Babu Lal said Azad is the person responsible for supplying explosives to Lilavati for making firecrackers.
In a confessional statement, the prime accused claimed that he received explosives from a handler in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj district and supplied it to Lilavati in Kajwali village under Tatarpur police station in Bhagalpur district.
“Lilawati and Mohammad Azad are jointly involved in the illegal manufacture of firecrackers. Besides him, Mukesh Mandal is the other accused,” Babu Lal said.
The Bihar Anti-Terrorism Squad is also probing the incident to ascertain any terror links related to the blast and Azad is being questioned, the police official said.
A massive explosion took place in Bhagalpur on Thursday evening in which 15 people were killed and 10 others were injured.
The injured persons are presently admitted in Mayaganj Medical College and Hospital, and condition of some of them is said to be critical.
The intensity of the explosion was such that four buildings were completely destroyed.
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