Within 17 days of a physical assault on the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, in another incident, a country made explosive was thrown at him that burst at a public meeting at Silao in Nalanda, the home district of CM.
The Sutli bomb was thrown at Thakurbari Maidan by a local youth identified as Shubham Aditya of Islampur, which exploded 20 feet away from the chief minister.
The burning cracker damaged the pandal, according to Ankit Kumar, an eyewitness.
Police immediately arrested Aditya and took him to the station where senior officers are interrogating him.
Nitish Kumar, who is covered by SSG guards whisked away from the public meeting after the incident. While the officials have confirmed that he is unhurt.
According to the chief minister officials, Nitish later went to a tourist spot at Rajgir where he had a Tonga ride in the Ghora Katora area. He will stay in Rajgir overnight.
On March 27, local youth from Bakhtiarpur hit him physically during a public function.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh expressed concern over the recurrence of the attack on the chief minister and suggested his security should be enhanced.
