India, July 5 -- A 35-year-old man from Birbhum was killed and another injured on Friday evening when crude bombs they were allegedly manufacturing exploded inside an abandoned house in West Bengal's East Burdwan district, police said.

The deceased was identified as Barkat Karikar, while the injured person, Tufan Chowdhury, is receiving treatment in a hospital.

Locals reportedly rushed out after they heard a huge explosion around 8.30 pm on Friday. "Preliminary investigation suggests that they were making bombs in an abandoned house at Rajua village in Katwa," a police officer of Katwa police station said.

Police said that Chowdhury, who has a criminal history and was arrested multiple times in the past, had recently come out of jail. ...