SUKKUR: A passer-by received minor burns when some explosive material planted in a parked motorcycle caused a big bang and fire at Sabzi Mandi along Quetta Road in Jacobabad on Monday evening.

Senior police officials of the district said a battery, ball bearings and other material were found at the scene which suggested that the explosive material either exploded or caught fire prematurely.

A passer-by, Syed Asif Ali shah, son of Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah, sustained minor burns when his clothes caught fire, they said, adding that the incident caused great panic in the busy area.

Jacobabad SSP Zafar Iqbal Malik said nearly half a kilogram of explosive material was planted in the motorcycle, which did not have the registration number. The twowheeler was destroyed and the word `G Baloch` was found painted on its back mudguard.

City DSP Abdullah Lakhair has been appointed inquiry officer of the case, registered at the City police station against unknown suspects under the Anti-Terrorism Act. He told the media that according to initial investigation, someone brought the motorcycle at the place, parked it and disappeared.

The bomb disposal squad in Shikarpur was examining the evidence and material collected from the crime scene, the area police said.