Three people, including a child, were killed and seven others injured on Sunday in a blast that occurred due to burning of scrap in Rajasthan's Kota city, the police said.
"The incident occured this morning when a nomad identified as Manna and his son were trying to melt some scrap material in a vacant land," Additional Superintendent of Kota city Laxman Gaur said.
"The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital where Munna, his eight-year-old
"They are nomads locally called as Gadia Luhar (a community that travels from place to place for pasture), and were residing in the area," the officer said.
A case has been registered and investigation is on to find out the exact cause of the blast, the ASP said.
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