Crude bomb hurled at residence of ECL employee, no injury

Unidentified persons hurled crude bombs at the under-construction house of an employee of Eastern Coalfields Ltd at Niyamatpur in Asansol sub-division early today.
A police officer said the glass panes of the window and wall plaster peeled off following the incident but no one was injured as the house was vacant.
He said police were inquiring into reports that the employee Arvind Sharma had an altercation with some local youths yesterday afternoon over Saraswati Puja subscription.
No police complaint was lodged but a force visited the area on hearing about the incident and started an inquiry.
The officer added there was possibility the miscreants threw powerful chocolate bombs and not crude bombs.