A powerful pressure cooker bomb exploded at the tower of Nepal Telecom in Dumja of Sunkoshi Rural Municipality-1, Sindhuli on Friday.

According to the District Police Office, Sindhuli, a telecom tower and a house near BP Park in Dumja were damaged in the blast.

DSP Chiranjeevi Dahal, who is also the spokesperson of the District Police Office, Sindhuli, informed that a bomb exploded in Dumja this morning.

Based on the information provided by locals about hearing the sound of the explosion at around 3 am, police reached the incident site and confirmed the explosion of a powerful pressure cooker bomb, he said.

Police said that they have recovered a pamphlet written People Vibration Army and Jan Mukti Sena from the site.