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{{short description|Terrorist attack in Delhi, India}}
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{{Terrorist attacks in India (since 2001)}}
The '''27 September 2008 Delhi bombing''' in [[India]]'s second largest metropolis left three people dead and twenty-three more injured, on an infamous Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/27delblast1.htm|title=2 killed, 17 injured in Delhi blast}}</ref>
[[File:Mehrauli Bomb Spot One year after.jpg|thumb|Mehrauli Bomb Spot One year after]]
==The blast==
Eyewitnesses reported that the blast took place after two men in black dress and wearing helmets and riding a motorcycle dropped a [[Tiffin carriers|tiffin box]] in which the bomb was placed. A thirteen-year-old boy named Santosh, who was running an errand for his uncle, to fetch a crate of eggs, picked up the box in an attempt to return it to the bikers, but they refused and fled.<ref name=PTI>
==Aftermath and reaction==
The [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] declared a compensation of [[Indian rupee|Rs.]] 500,000 to the kin of the dead and Rs. 50,000 plus all costs of treatment to those injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/explosion-of-politics-blame-game-after-delhi-blast/74507-3.html
The series of attacks across major Indian cities since May 2008 reportedly created a sense of fear and insecurity among India's populace. According to a survey held by [[CNN-IBN]] and ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', 81% of urban Indians felt scared after the recent surge in terror attacks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cnnibnht-survey-urban-india-petrified/74511-3.html
''[[The Hindu]]'' reported that usually crowded shopping areas in Delhi bore a deserted look during the weekend as a consequence of the blast.<ref>
Following the blast, the security arrangements for the [[Australian cricket team]], currently on a [[Australian cricket team in India in 2008-09|tour of India]], was tightened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/indvaus2008/content/story/371501.html |title=Australia not seeking venue change yet |publisher=
==Investigation==
According to ''the Hindu'', two men on a motorcycle wearing black shirts, jeans and helmets planted the bomb.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/28/stories/2008092861040100.htm |title=Blast in Delhi again, two killed
A team of [[National Security Guards]] was deployed to assist the investigating authorities.<ref name="timesofindia1"/> [[Delhi Police]] had detained five persons at the [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]] whom they suspected of having a role in the blast. According to ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', the police also selected several [[Bangladesh]]is for interrogation.<ref name="ht">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=51b83e2a-2ed3-4d65-b113-f3efe14f670fTerrorStrikesDelhi_Special&&Headline=Mehrauli+blast:+Police+suspect+Bangladeshi+link
Police in [[Faridabad]] had identified and held the man who sold the [[
The [[Deputy commissioner of police (India)|Deputy Commissioner of Police]] for Delhi, Alok Kumar, said, "The evidence collected so far indicates that the bomb had no timer or detonator and it was low-intensity. We do not think it was linked to the Indian Mujahideen or any other terror group. In the recent past, in the stretch between the IP flyover and the Andheria road-junction in Mehrauli, there have been instances when bike-borne youths have dropped bombs in crowded streets."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=3594a875-4778-44c5-8b89-6f206390895b&ParentID=51b83e2a-2ed3-4d65-b113-f3efe14f670f&&Headline=Mehrauli+blast%3a+Despair+%26amp%3b+hope |title=Mehrauli blast: Despair & hope |work=Hindustan Times|access-date=28 September 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001165334/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=3594a875-4778-44c5-8b89-6f206390895b&ParentID=51b83e2a-2ed3-4d65-b113-f3efe14f670f&&Headline=Mehrauli+blast%3A+Despair+&%3B+hope |archivedate=1 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ''[[Indian Express]]'' revealed that the bomb was quite similar to those made by [[Abdul Karim Tunda]], an alleged terrorist who has been linked to several prior terrorist attacks in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Saturday-s-blast-had-Tunda-s-signature/367093 |title=Saturday's blast had Tunda's signature|work=The Indian Express|date=29 September 2008|access-date=30 September 2008|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081001190317/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Saturday-s-blast-had-Tunda-s-signature/367093|archivedate=1 October 2008 }}</ref>
The
Unlike the [[29 September 2008 western India bombings|Mehrauli and Malegaon blasts]] investigations, police in Delhi have ruled out Hindu groups as having perpetrated the blasts, a move drawing increasing polarisation as a result of the aforementioned investigation. The groups had been "under the scanner." The police cited their ruling out of the Hindu groups as the "signature (type) of the explosive used in Mehrauli was different from those used in Modasa and Malegaon." He did add that while "Low-intensity explosives were used in [all] three places... they were not identical. The timer mechanism used in Mehrauli was different from the one used in Malegaon/Modasa that indicates the former was the handiwork of a separate outfit. In Mehrauli, the bomb was timed by its acidic contents, while in Malegaon/Modasa the bomb was set off by a timer based on the batteries of the bikes used to plant them."<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=Cricket&id=8a4eeaa5-b49a-42e1-acb7-604b262661e7&&Headline=Hindu+outfits+not+behind+Mehrauli+blast%3a+Police Hindu outfits not behind Mehrauli blast: Police – ''Hindustan Times''<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>▼
▲Unlike the [[29 September 2008 western India bombings|Mehrauli and Malegaon blasts]] investigations, police in Delhi have ruled out Hindu groups as having perpetrated the blasts, a move drawing increasing polarisation as a result of the aforementioned investigation. The groups had been "under the scanner." The police cited their ruling out of the Hindu groups as the "signature (type) of the explosive used in Mehrauli was different from those used in Modasa and Malegaon." He did add that while "Low-intensity explosives were used in [all] three places... they were not identical. The timer mechanism used in Mehrauli was different from the one used in Malegaon/Modasa that indicates the former was the handiwork of a separate outfit. In Mehrauli, the bomb was timed by its acidic contents, while in Malegaon/Modasa the bomb was set off by a timer based on the batteries of the bikes used to plant them."<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=Cricket&id=8a4eeaa5-b49a-42e1-acb7-604b262661e7&&Headline=Hindu+outfits+not+behind+Mehrauli+blast%3a+Police Hindu outfits not behind Mehrauli blast: Police – ''Hindustan Times''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of terrorist incidents
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080930061131/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/gallerydetail.aspx?imgid=2580&img=1 Photo gallery of the blast site]
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