5 hurt as gunpowder explodes in Raj village

Five people were injured today when the gunpowder they were filling in a cannon during a religious ceremony in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district exploded, a police official said.

Four of the injured were critical and rushed to a Jaipur hospital, the official said.

The incident happened in a village in Bayana town. The gunpowder caught fire and exploded, he said.