A scrap dealer was seriously injured in a bomb blast at his shop at Subhash Nagar area in Ratlam on Friday while another bomb was defused. The incident took place when Bhanwar, 35 years old, tried to unseal the bomb with his mouth without realising that it was an explosive. He was injured & rushed to the nearby hospital.

The bomb was received by the shopkeeper along with scrap sold by two women ragpickers. Another crude bomb was found at the garbage bin but was defused immediately.