1 of 2 Injured Men Shifted To Victoria’s Burns Ward
A senior police officer told TOI that preliminary findings suggested the blast was not the kind of accidental electrical short circuit commonly reported in the city.
The materials involved appeared similar to those used in a crude bomb, the officer said. Suraj suffered injuries to one finger, an eye and his right hand, apart from burns on his face and neck, according to police sources. Police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said several families lived in the building, where the explosion occurred in a vacant flat undergoing interior work. Asked whether the incident could be terror-related, Singh said it was too early to draw conclusions.
Bengaluru: A mysterious explosion inside an under-construction flat in east Bengaluru’s Pulikeshinagar has triggered a multi-agency investigation, with police suspecting that the materials involved were similar to those in a crude bomb. City police, Internal Security Division (ISD), Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) have joined the probe to establish the nature and cause of the explosion. Personal enmity was among the possible motives being explored. Police were alerted about the incident only Tuesday evening, when Bowring Hospital issued a medico-legal certificate to Pulikeshinagar police. Police have recorded statements from the building owner and other occupants. The antecedents of the two injured men, who are from different states, are also being verified. He assured residents there was no reason for panic.