Eight persons were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off targeting a jewelry shop in Siraha on Friday.

Proprietor of the jewelry shop (Bikash Traders) Bikash Sharada, his younger brother Rahul Sharada, staff Asmita Kumari Chaudhary, 21, customers Dev Kumari Yadav, 22, of Nawarajpur Rural Municipality-3 and her seven-year-old daughter Satish, Manikadevi Ram of Surunga Municipality-6, Babita Yadav of Lahan Municipality-21 and her younger sister Binita Yadav were injured in the explosion.

Among them, five are undergoing treatment at the Saptarishi Nursing Home and three have been admitted to the Ram Prasad Umasmarak Hospital, DSP Rajendra Bhetwal of the District Police Office, Siraha, said.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Last month, Lahan recorded two separate incidents of explosion. RSS