<p>Shivamogga (Karnataka): A minor explosion in Shiralakoppa town in Shikaripura Taluk here on Sunday sent people into a panic but police found that the low-intensity blast was caused by gun powder stored in a bag, which is usually used by farmers to drive away wild boar that destroy their plants.</p>.<p> Police said a farmer couple Roopa and Umesh had brought the gun powder to Shiralakoppa and kept it at a vendor's shop during the weekly fair in the town.</p>.<p>"Our preliminary investigation revealed that the gun powder exploded due to heat. Farmers use gun powder to drive away wild boar from their farms. We have registered a case and started an investigation," Shivamogga Superintendent of Police G K Mithun Kumar told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p> Some media reports had claimed that there was a kerosene stove blast in the town, but the SP dismissed them as baseless. </p>
<p>Shivamogga (Karnataka): A minor explosion in Shiralakoppa town in Shikaripura Taluk here on Sunday sent people into a panic but police found that the low-intensity blast was caused by gun powder stored in a bag, which is usually used by farmers to drive away wild boar that destroy their plants.</p>.<p> Police said a farmer couple Roopa and Umesh had brought the gun powder to Shiralakoppa and kept it at a vendor's shop during the weekly fair in the town.</p>.<p>"Our preliminary investigation revealed that the gun powder exploded due to heat. Farmers use gun powder to drive away wild boar from their farms. We have registered a case and started an investigation," Shivamogga Superintendent of Police G K Mithun Kumar told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p> Some media reports had claimed that there was a kerosene stove blast in the town, but the SP dismissed them as baseless. </p>