From correspondents in Rajasthan, India, 09:30 PM IST

Three people were killed and four injured after a mysterious blast in a Rajasthan village Thursday. Police were investigating the matter while villagers suspected it was the fall of a meteorite.

According to residents of Banchola village in Bundi district, over 200 km from here, the victims were sitting with some iron scrap in an open field when some 'object' fell from the sky and hit them around 9.30 a.m.

Police, however, are not buying the meteorite theory.

'The matter is under investigation. We know that there was a blast but looking at the crater it does not seem that it happened due to a meteorite,' a Bundi police official told IANS over telephone.

He said the crater was of 8-10 inches in diameter and two inches in depth.

A team from the forensic science laboratory was collecting evidence from the site, the official added.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)