Beed, Maharashtra:
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which handles terrorism cases, has begun investigating a radio set explosion in Beed district of Maharashtra that left four members of a family injured.
NIA teams reached Beed from Mumbai and Delhi. So far, there is no confirmation if the blast was a terror attack. A team of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad had earlier reached the spot.
Bus conductor AR Nimbalkar and three members of his family were seriously injured when the radio set exploded at their home in Beed on Friday afternoon.
There are several theories about how Mr Nimbalkar found the radio set. One version says he found a parcel containing the radio on a bus from Mumbai to Ambejogai. The 35-year-old conductor took the parcel home, opened it and tried to switch on the radio, triggering the explosion.
"The conductor told us he saw a parcel in the bus and took it home. When he tried to open, it exploded. We are trying to find out the components of the radio set," said Beed Superintendent of Police Dattatreya Mandalik.
Another version said the parcel was given to Mr Nimbalkar to be delivered to someone in Ambejogai.
Mr Nimbalkar, his wife Usha, 30, mother Kusum, 53, and two-year-son old Kunal have been shifted from a hospital in Beed to Mumbai's JJ Hospital. They have reported to have suffered severe eye damage.
"The conductor has lost four fingers in both hands and has a fracture as well. He has multiple injuries. Both his eyes have suffered 70-80% damage. His wife and children too have eye injuries," said Dr Satish Chauhan who treated him in Beed.
(With PTI inputs)