A 27 year-old BJP worker died when a country bomb which he was allegedly making exploded at his residence in Koothuparambu here today, police said.

Kannur: A 27 year-old BJP worker died when a country bomb which he was allegedly making exploded at his residence in Koothuparambu on Sunday, police said.

Deekshit was seriously injured in the blast and died while being rushed to a hospital, they said.

The roof of the house where he was "making" the bomb was destroyed in the blast, they further said.