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Cracker blast toll goes up to 10

CUTTACK: The death toll in April 20 crackers blast incident at Asureswar, about 40 km here mounted to 10 on Saturday when Kulamani Sahu (49), a school teacher of Kattikata died while undergoing treatment here at SCB Medical College Hospital.

Sahu was battling for life for all these days with over 90 per cent burns, said the Surgery Department head of the hospital P.K.Mallick.

With this, only one person—Panchanan Mallick (39) of Kasati village is now under treatment in the Surgery Department with over 50 per cent burn injuries while two other persons—Manoranjan Bhuyan (30) and Sarat Behura (45) have been shifted to the Plastic Surgery Department of the hospital.

Bhuyan and Behura have received only 25 per cent burns.

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