HYDERABAD: A remote controlled device exploded while the suspected terrorist was planting the bomb adjacent to the office of deputy commissioner of Jamshoro district on Thursday.

According to the SITE police, the blood stained dead body of Allah Bux Khokhar, 22 years old, was found from the spot.

The police sealed the place of incident and a team of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) collected evidences.

An official of the BDS informed that a tin box filled with 300 grams of explosives and attached to a remote controlled device blasted during installation.

He said the BDS also found some marks left by the ball bearings on a tree and a sign board near the place of the explosion.

He told that the BDS recovered a remote, 2 batteries, a NIC and some torn apart currency from the site.

The body was shifted to the taluka hospital for postmortem.

The deceased apparently sustained fatal injuries in his head, neck and face.

The police said they were tracking the record of the deceased

The incident’s FIR has not been lodged till the filing of this report.

The Jamshoro district police have detained Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) Moula Bux Khokhar to investigate if he was involved with his son, Allah Bux Khokhar, in carrying out a cracker blast in front of the deputy commissioner’s office on Thursday.

The ASI’s 22-years-old son was believed to be a bomber who died while planting a bomb in Jamshoro on Thursday. No other person was reported to be killed or injured in the blast.

A police official informed that ASI Khokhar was on leave in his village in Dadu district at the time of the blast.

The official informed that the SSP Jamshoro Javed Baloch had suspended Khokhar.

He added that the SSP had also formed an inquiry committee headed by DSP Muhammad Riaz Malik to investigate if there was any involvement of the ASI with the actions of his son.

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