Begusarai, April 11 Five officials, including three members of the Special Task Force (STF), were injured in a crude bomb explosion in Begusarai district, Bihar, on Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred in the Navkothi area in the afternoon, they said.
The explosion took place when a joint team of the STF and district police was conducting searches outside the premises of Sandeep Kumar, an accused arrested in connection with bank and jewellery showroom robbery cases, they said.
"Five officials, including three STF personnel, sustained minor injuries in the explosion. They were immediately taken to a nearby hospital, and all are out of danger," a statement said.
Police said Kumar is involved in several cases of bank and jewellery store robbery, and the searches were being carried out based on disclosures made by him.