PESHAWAR: Two personnel of bomb disposal unit (BDU) sustained minor injuries when a charger, they were preparing to defuse a suspicious bag, went off accidentally on Wednesday.

The incident took place in the limits of Hayatabad police station. SP Malik Imran said that police were alerted about presence of a suspicious bag on the median of a road in PhaseIII of Hayatabad.

He said that they later called BDU personnel to check the suspicious bag. He said that the charger went off when it was being prepared by BDU personnel. Two BDS personnel sustained minor burn injuries, he added.

The official said that the suspicious bag did not contained explosives.

A police official identified the BDU injured officials as Shakir Khan and Ghazan Khan.