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Explosives found at Vyasa Vidyapeeth in Palakkad injured a student and a woman.
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Panic gripped a school in Kerala’s Palakkad on Thursday after explosives were found near its gate, leaving a student and a woman injured. The student, unaware of the danger, had been playing with the material when it exploded, also injuring a lady identified as Leela.
The incident happened at Vyasa Vidyapeeth in Palakkad district on Wednesday.
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Police have registered a case under section 3(a),4(a) of the Explosive Substances Act and under section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
Education Minister V. Sivankutty stated that the government is taking this matter seriously and has requested a report from the Director of General Education.
The minister stated that the site is known to be a ground where the RSS regularly holds shakhas. He further mentioned receiving reports that additional explosives were discovered there today.
The government maintained that regardless of the syllabus a school follows, its premises cannot be used for weapons training, storage of arms, or RSS drills. An explanation has been sought from the school authorities in this regard.
Earlier, over 9 tons of explosives and 4,000 detonators were recovered from Kandhamal district, the Odisha Police said on Monday, suspecting a nexus between the Maoist groups and mining companies.
Additional Director General (ADG), Anti-Naxal Operation, Sanjeev Panda said the explosives recovered from the Tumudibandha area on Saturday night resemble another dump of such materials from a Maoist camp in Gumma Reserve Forest last month, where 600 detonators of the same brand were recovered.
“We strongly suspect that the explosives being procured for mining explosion activities are getting diverted to the Maoists. There appears to be a nexus between them, and the police have been investigating the matter,” the ADG said.
The materials were stored unlawfully and may have originated from commercial mining firms operating in the region, he said.
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Kerala, India, India
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