27 September 2008 Delhi bombing: Difference between revisions

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>{{cite news|url= http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/terror-hits-delhi-again--bomb-blast-kills-boy/366683/|author=Swaha Sahoo|title=Terror hits Delhi again; bomb blast kills boy|agency=New Delhi|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|date=28 September 2008|accessdate=28 September 2008|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20140125013215/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/terror-hits-delhi-again--bomb-blast-kills-bo/366683/|archivedate=6 February 2014}}</ref> People nearby witnessed smoke coming out of the box and advised the boy to get away, but it was too late.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=4a51cda5-fddd-4865-ade1-8efdf2d8f6a8&ParentID=51b83e2a-2ed3-4d65-b113-f3efe14f670f&&Headline=‘Aapka+packet+gir+gaya+hai’|title=Aapka packet gir gaya hai’|newspaper=Hindustan Times|place=[[New Delhi]]|date=28 September 2008|accessdate=28 September 2008}}</ref> The resulting explosion killed the boy and injured 18 others. Santosh's mother Rekha was inconsolable. The locals of Ward No.8, shopkeepers by profession, could not contain their anger at the poor security arrangements and investigation, inspitein spite of the five horrific blasts which had taken place on 13th of September 2008, in four places in Delhi.<ref>Photos [http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india/mehrauliblast/article4-340899.aspx]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-dead-25-injured-in-delhis-mehrauli-blast/74473-3.html|title=Two dead, 25 injured in Delhi's Mehrauli blast |publisher=Ibnlive.com|accessdate=28 September 2008|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080930055312/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-dead-25-injured-in-delhis-mehrauli-blast/74473-3.html|archivedate=30 September 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> ''The [[Washington Post]]'' reported that seven of them were in critical condition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092701365.html?hpid=topnews|work=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Rama|last=Lakshmi|title=Bomb Explosion In Indian Capital Kills 1, Injures 18|date=28 September 2008}}</ref> The police said that the blast was similar to those near [[IIT Delhi]] and [[Lado Sarai]] in January and February respectively this year.<ref name=timesofindia/>