The pressure cooker bomb that exploded in the house of former communication minister Gokul Baskota in Lokanthali Wednesday was detonated with remote control.
Police personnel involved in investigation of the explosion have found the pressure cooker at the site and the remote controller around 500 meters away.
The explosion occurred at the under-construction four-story house at 7:45 Wednesday morning. The bomb was kept inside the compound adjacent to the wall. Part of the wall has been destroyed by the explosion while the outer wall of the house has suffered minor damage.
Baskota was adding floors on his one-story building. He does not stay in the house now. He has been staying at the house of Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli in Balkot since he became minister.
Glass window panes in the neighboring houses have been smashed and a Maruti van (Ba 19 Cha 4781) parked nearby has been damaged by the explosion.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the explosion. The police are investigating who carried out the explosion and the motive behind it.
Baskota had resigned on February 20 after the audio tape purporting him to be bargaining for commission in procurement of security printing press was made public.
