Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Oct. 8 : A rag picker was critically injured on Wednesday after a country-made bomb exploded in a crowded locality of Aligarh.

The victim, Shakeel, along with his friend, were searching for steel scrap in the garbage before noon in the Abbas Nagar locality when they found the bomb in a gunny bag, police said.

The bomb exploded as they were fiddling with it.

Shakeel was battling for his life at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in the city, when reports last came in. (ANI)