Elderly man arrested for possession of crude bombs

A 72-year-old man was arrested for illegally possessing crude bombs which went off two days ago at Purushottampur in Ganjam district of Odisha, police said on Friday.

At least eight bombs were allegedly keep inside a paddy sack in a thatched house which was gutted due to the bomb blast on Wednesday night, police said.

"We have arrested Laxmi Charana Das yesterday for illegal possession of the firearms", sub divisional police officer, Chhatrapur, A.Ch Pahi, said.