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BENGALURU: A six-year-old boy suffered eye injury through firecracker burst on Saturday and has been admitted to Minto hospital .

Venkatesh S, resident of Mylasandra in the outskirts of the city was a bystander to his neighbours bursting crackers. A 'bijli' cracker hit his left eye around 11 am. He was brought to Minto hospital at 4 pm.

"The boy has been admitted, he underwent a surgery for removal of the foreign particles in the left eye and is on observation. His right eye is normal," said Dr Sujatha Rathod , director of the hospital.

This is said to be the first eye injury due to crackers this year.

