India, Jan. 22 -- An explosion triggered by the suspected illegal manufacture of firecrackers killed a 50-year-old man and left three of his family members grievously injured in Hussain Ganj block of Bihar's Siwan district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Murtuza Mansoori.

The incident occurred on the same day chief minister Nitish Kumar was in Hussain Ganj as part of his 'Samriddhi Yatra', though officials clarified that the blast site was around seven kilometres away from the venue of the CM's programme. The explosion triggered panic among residents living nearby.

Police said preliminary investigations suggested that illegal firecrackers were being manufactured inside Mansoori's house and the blast occurred wh...