Beed:
Police have ruled out any terror link to the radio set explosion at Kalegaon village in Beed district even as one person was arrested for planting the parcel on a Maharashtra transport bus.
Four persons were injured in the explosion on Friday.
"There is no terror angle to the radio set explosion which occurred on Friday. It happened due to personal enmity," Inspector General (IG) Ritesh Kumar told reporters in Beed on Sunday.
Om Nimbalkar (35), a bus conductor, had taken home a parcel containing a radio set, which he had found on the Mumbai-Ambejogai state transport bus on Friday. When he tried to replace the battery pack, it exploded, seriously injuring his wife Usha (30), mother Kusum (53) and two-year-old son Kunal, besides himself.
Explaining the sequence of events that led to the explosion, Mr Kumar said the parcel was planted by one Aaba alias Munjaba Rajebhau Giri who wanted to settle scores with Gopinath Tarkase of Kendrewadi village over an old dispute.
Mr Tarkase had filed a case against Mr Giri last year in Ambejogai police station.
Mr Kumar said police unravelled the mystery through shreds of a letter they collected from Mr Nimbalkar's house.
"Nimbalkar had told us that there was a letter in the radio box parcel. Police collected small pieces of that letter. After joining these pieces, we found two abbreviations 'Amba' and 'Kendre' scribbled on it. While Amba stands for Ambejogai tehsil, Kendre is Kendrewadi village. Besides, there were two mobile numbers written there," he said.
Mr Kumar said Mr Giri, in order to frame Mr Tarkase, fixed a detonator in the radio set which he packed in the parcel before putting the letter in which he wrote two mobile numbers and planted it on Ambejogai-Kurla bus.
"Giri hoped that police will detect the parcel on way and Tarkase will be in trouble as it is in his name," Mr Kumar said.
Replying to a query, the IG said Mr Giri had purchased the radio set a month back and bought the detonator - which is used for digging well - from a labourer for Rs 50.
However, Mr Giri's plan failed as Mr Nimbalkar picked up the parcel and took it home where it exploded on Friday.
Mr Giri has been arrested and a case has been registered against him in Kaij Police station, Mr Kumar added.