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Line 2: {{distinguish\|13 September 2008 Delhi bombings}} {{Use British English\|date=March 2012}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~October~~February ~~2020~~2024}} {{Infobox civilian attack \|title = 27 September 2008 Delhi bombing Line 22: {{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> <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/3-dead,-17-injured-in-Mehrauli-blast-in-Delhi/1/16293.html\|title=3 dead, 17 injured in Mehrauli blast in Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/seven-killed-15-injured-in-bomb-blast-in-delhis-mehrauli-area_100100797.html \|title=Seven killed, 15 injured in bomb blast in Delhi's Mehrauli area \|publisher=Thaindian.com \|access-date=27 September 2008\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080930052723/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/seven-killed-15-injured-in-bomb-blast-in-delhis-mehrauli-area_100100797.html\| archivedate= 30 September 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7639302.stm \|~~work~~publisher=BBC News \| title=Bomb hits India market shoppers\|date=27 September 2008}}</ref> The explosion occurred at 14:15, in [[Mehrauli]]'s Electronic market called Sarai. Initially, there were reports of two persons, including a thirteen-year-old boy, named Santosh being killed in the attack. However, the next day the death toll rose to three.<ref name=ht2>{{cite news\|title=Death toll in Delhi blast rises to three\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=4eda9fa6-e2f5-4ea6-bd8e-dff5d4159f26TerrorStrikesDelhi_Special&&Headline=Death+toll+in+Delhi+blast+rises+to+three\|access-date=18 December 2015\|agency=Press Trust of India\|work=Hindustan Times\|date=28 September 2008\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001165308/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=4eda9fa6-e2f5-4ea6-bd8e-dff5d4159f26TerrorStrikesDelhi_Special&&Headline=Death+toll+in+Delhi+blast+rises+to+three\|archivedate=1 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/delhi-blast-honesty-turns-fatal-for-boy/366708/\|title = Delhi blast: Honesty turns fatal for boy -– Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/death-toll-in-delhi-blast-rises-to-three/74528-3.html\|title=Death toll in Delhi blast rises to three \|publisher=Ibnlive.com\|access-date=30 March 2012}}</ref> About 23 others were injured<ref name="timesofindia1">{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-28/india/27919511_1_bomb-blast-delhi-s-mehrauli-delhi-police\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021204546/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-28/india/27919511_1_bomb-blast-delhi-s-mehrauli-delhi-police\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=21 October 2012\|title=Two detained in Delhi's Mehrauli blast-India\|date=28 September 2008\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=30 March 2012}}</ref> and were treated at [[AIIMS]] and Fortis Hospital.<ref name=timesofindia>{{cite news\|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-28/india/27919511_1_bomb-blast-delhi-s-mehrauli-delhi-police\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121021204546/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-28/india/27919511_1_bomb-blast-delhi-s-mehrauli-delhi-police\|url-status= dead\|archive-date= 21 October 2012\|title=Blast in Mehrauli area in Delhi-India\|date=28 September 2008\|access-date=28 September 2008\|first1=Rahul\|work= [[The Times of India]]\|last1=Tripathi}}</ref> The bombing took place exactly two weeks after the [[2008 Delhi bombings\|five serial blasts]] in [[Delhi]] on 13 September 2008.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/target-delhi-capital-struck-twice-in-2-weeks/74509-3.html\|title=Target Delhi: Capital struck twice in 2 weeks \|publisher=Ibnlive.com\|access-date=28 September 2008\|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081001102327/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/target-delhi-capital-struck-twice-in-2-weeks/74509-3.html\|archivedate=1 October 2008 \| url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Mehrauli Bomb Spot One year after.jpg\|thumb\|Mehrauli Bomb Spot One year after]] Line 36: ''[[The Hindu]]'' reported that usually crowded shopping areas in Delhi bore a deserted look during the weekend as a consequence of the blast.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Many give weekend shopping a miss\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1347286.ece\|access-date=18 December 2015\|work=The Hindu\|date=28 September 2008}}</ref> According to the ''[[Indian Express]]'', shopkeepers had kept away from the flower market in Mehrauli, the blast site.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Mehrauli-struggles-for-normalcy/367091 \|title=Mehrauli struggles for normalcy\|work=The Indian Express\|date=29 September 2008\|access-date=30 September 2008\|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081001190312/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Mehrauli-struggles-for-normalcy/367091\|archivedate=1 October 2008 }}</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=~~Cricinfo~~ ESPNcricinfo\|access-date=30 March 2012}}</ref> [[Cricket Australia]] was reported to be reviewing security arrangements in Delhi where it is scheduled to play a test match against [[Indian cricket team]] in late October 2008.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cricketnext.com/news/blast-casts-shadow-on-delhi-test/34369-13.html \|title=Blast casts shadow on Delhi Test : Cricket Next\|access-date=30 September 2008\|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080930033910/http://www.cricketnext.com/news/blast-casts-shadow-on-delhi-test/34369-13.html\| archivedate= 30 September 2008 \| url-status=live}}</ref> However, in a statement Cricket Australia said that the test match in Delhi will go ahead as per schedule.<ref>{{cite news\|title=India tour is on, announces Cricket Australia\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-india-tour-is-on-announces-cricket-australia-1190728\|access-date=18 December 2015\|publisher=DNA India\|date=16 September 2008}}</ref> ==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 \|date= 28 September 2008\|access-date=28 September 2008\|location=Chennai, India\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080930005855/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/28/stories/2008092861040100.htm\|archivedate=30 September 2008 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Investigating authorities revealed that [[ammonium nitrate]], [[sulphur]] and [[potassium]] were used to cause the low-intensity blast.<ref>{{cite news\|url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE48R0RR20080928?sp=true\|~~work~~agency=Reuters\| title=Indian police detain about 12 over Delhi blast\|date=28 September 2008\|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081001223526/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE48R0RR20080928?sp=true\|archivedate=1 October 2008 }}</ref> 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\|title=Police suspect Bangladeshi link\|work=Hindustan Times\|access-date=28 September 2008\|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928125158/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=51b83e2a-2ed3-4d65-b113-f3efe14f670fTerrorStrikesDelhi_Special&&Headline=Mehrauli+blast%3A+Police+suspect+Bangladeshi+link\| archivedate= 28 September 2008 \| url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[NDTV]]'' said that there was a possibility that the attack was not carried out by the ''[[Indian Mujahideen]]'', which claimed responsibility for the serial attacks in Delhi two weeks before, since the bomb which went off in Mehrauli was quite different.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066938M \|title=NDTV.com: Delhi blast: Arrival of a new terror module?\|publisher=Ndtv.com \|access-date=28 September 2008}}</ref> Police in [[Faridabad]] had identified and held the man who sold the [[SIM card]] to the terrorists from which the attackers had made a call to media agencies threatening another terror strike moments before the blast.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066965 \|title=NDTV.com: First arrest made in connection with Delhi blast \|publisher=Ndtv.com \|access-date=28 September 2008\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101205527/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066965\|archivedate=1 November 2008}}</ref> The police also detained the person whose cell phone was used to make the call.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Mehrauli blast: Manhunt launched\|url=http://timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=16964\|access-date=18 December 2015\|publisher=Times Now\|date=28 September 2008\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930151802/http://timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=16964\|archivedate=30 September 2008}}</ref> The police across NCR had increased patrolling at various access points.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Capital alert, access points blocked\|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=16927\|access-date=18 December 2015\|publisher=Times Now\|date=27 September 2008\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002011007/http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=16927\|archivedate=2 October 2008}}</ref> 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+&amp%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 police also reported that they had received a call before the blasts saying, "Save Delhi, there will be blast!"<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=a511c51b-4d0b-431c-9704-f7c43b03e5b1&ParentID=4eda9fa6-e2f5-4ea6-bd8e-dff5d4159f26&&Headline=Man+made+a+call+to+Delhi+police+about+blast%3a+Faridabad+police \|title=Man made a call to Delhi police about blast: Faridabad police\|work=Hindustan Times\|date=28 September 2008\|access-date=30 March 2012\|url-status=dead \|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081001165343/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=a511c51b-4d0b-431c-9704-f7c43b03e5b1&ParentID=4eda9fa6-e2f5-4ea6-bd8e-dff5d4159f26&&Headline=Man+made+a+call+to+Delhi+police+about+blast%3A+Faridabad+police\|archivedate=1 October 2008 }}</ref> Line 51: ==See also== [[List of terrorist incidents, in 2008]] [[Jaipur bombings]] *[[Bangalore bombings]] Line 70: {{DEFAULTSORT:Delhi Blast}} [[Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in India]] [[Category:Islamic terrorism in India]]▼ [[Category:Mehrauli]] [[Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2008]] [[Category:~~2010s~~Improvised explosive device bombings in ~~Delhi~~2008]] [[Category:2000s in Delhi]] [[Category:~~Crime~~Murder in Delhi]] [[Category:2008 murders in India]] [[Category:September 2008 events in India]] [[Category:Anti-Hindu violence in India]] [[Category:September 2008 crimes]] [[Category:Mass murder in 2008]] ▲[[Category:~~Islamic~~21st-century ~~terrorism~~mass murder in India]]