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After two weeks, terror back in Delhi: Bomb blast kills boy
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Terror returned to Delhi a fortnight after the serial blasts with two motorcycle-borne youth dropping a tiffin bomb in a crowded south Delhi market that exploded killing a young boy and injuring 18 people.
Riding a black motorcycle, the two men in black dress and
wearing helmets, dropped a black polythene bag containing a
tiffin box opposite an electronic goods shop in the flower
market in Mehrauli at about 2.15 pm (IST), Deputy Commissioner
of Police (South) H.S. Dhaliwal told reporters.
A 13-year-old boy picked it up to give it back to
the bikers. They refused and fled the place but the boy was
still keen on giving it to them when it exploded killing him
instantaneously and injuring 18 others.
Eleven of the injured were rushed to A.I.I.M.S. where
doctors said six were in critical condition. Five of them
suffered serious head injuries. Three or four of the injured
could be required to be operated upon, Union Home Secretary
Madhukar Gupta told reporters.
The explosive shattered the window panes of several
adjacent shops in the market located close to the historic
Qutab Minar, which was bustling with shoppers.
The blast, which caused a crater, left a gory scene where
blood was splattered on the road along with shattered glass
panes and furniture.
The explosion comes exactly two weeks after the national
capital was rocked by five near simultaneous blasts in which
24 people were killed.
There were reports that police in the neighbouring
Faridabad district in Haryana had tipped off about the
possibility of explosions Saturday but Gupta asked the media
not to speculate.
Soon after the explosion, Home Minister Shivraj Patil
reviewed the situation with top officials of his ministry.
Gupta, who talked to Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal,
briefed Patil on the situation.
The nature of the explosives used in Saturday's blast was
not immediately known. Forensic experts of the N.S.G. bomb
data squad, who visited the spot, found the nails in the
explosives were sharpened on both sides.
Immediately after the explosion, shopkeepers and shoppers
rushed to help the injured people and took them to nearby
hospitals.
"There was a huge sound. I came out of my shop and saw
some people were injured and screaming for help," a shopkeeper
said.
People in the area displayed their anger by alleging
that police came late despite being called several times.
"Police were nowhere to be seen till one hour after
the incident. We took the injured to the hospital," a
shopkeeper, who was injured in the incident, said.
Police have cordoned off the area and senior police
officials have rushed to the spot to take stock of the
situation. PTI RRD
Riding a black motorcycle, the two men in black dress and
wearing helmets, dropped a black polythene bag containing a
tiffin box opposite an electronic goods shop in the flower
market in Mehrauli at about 2.15 pm (IST), Deputy Commissioner
of Police (South) H.S. Dhaliwal told reporters.
A 13-year-old boy picked it up to give it back to
the bikers. They refused and fled the place but the boy was
still keen on giving it to them when it exploded killing him
instantaneously and injuring 18 others.
Eleven of the injured were rushed to A.I.I.M.S. where
doctors said six were in critical condition. Five of them
suffered serious head injuries. Three or four of the injured
could be required to be operated upon, Union Home Secretary
Madhukar Gupta told reporters.
The explosive shattered the window panes of several
adjacent shops in the market located close to the historic
Qutab Minar, which was bustling with shoppers.
The blast, which caused a crater, left a gory scene where
blood was splattered on the road along with shattered glass
panes and furniture.
The explosion comes exactly two weeks after the national
capital was rocked by five near simultaneous blasts in which
24 people were killed.
There were reports that police in the neighbouring
Faridabad district in Haryana had tipped off about the
possibility of explosions Saturday but Gupta asked the media
not to speculate.
Soon after the explosion, Home Minister Shivraj Patil
reviewed the situation with top officials of his ministry.
Gupta, who talked to Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal,
briefed Patil on the situation.
The nature of the explosives used in Saturday's blast was
not immediately known. Forensic experts of the N.S.G. bomb
data squad, who visited the spot, found the nails in the
explosives were sharpened on both sides.
Immediately after the explosion, shopkeepers and shoppers
rushed to help the injured people and took them to nearby
hospitals.
"There was a huge sound. I came out of my shop and saw
some people were injured and screaming for help," a shopkeeper
said.
People in the area displayed their anger by alleging
that police came late despite being called several times.
"Police were nowhere to be seen till one hour after
the incident. We took the injured to the hospital," a
shopkeeper, who was injured in the incident, said.
Police have cordoned off the area and senior police
officials have rushed to the spot to take stock of the
situation. PTI RRD
