Erode, In an incident, a small country-bomb which was using to catch fish from a river exploded before throwing in which a 28-year old man lost five of his fingers.

According to police, "Suresh and his cousin of Vaniputhur village in Gobichettipalayam taluk were fishing in nearby Bhavani river using small sized country-bombs when the mishap occurred yesterday".

"As Suresh tried to throw a bomb into the river after lighting its wick, it exploded in his hand", police further added.

In the explosion, all the five fingers on his right hand were blown away and also he suffered burns at various places of his body.

He was rushed to a private hospital at Gobichettipalayam.

A case has been registered and were investigating from where the duo procured the bombs.