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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>http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/27delblast1.htm</ref>
<ref>http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/3-dead,-17-injured-in-Mehrauli-blast-in-Delhi/1/16293.html</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 |accessdate=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
==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>{{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= https://web.archive.org/web/20140125013215/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/terror-hits-delhi-again--bomb-blast-kills-bo/366683/|archivedate=25 January 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, in spite of the five horrific blasts which had taken place on 13 September 2008, in four places in Delhi.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india/mehrauliblast/article4-340899.aspx Photos]</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= https://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
==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|title=Blame game after blast | Pics: Chaos, fear |publisher=Ibnlive.com|accessdate=28 September 2008|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080930055055/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/explosion-of-politics-blame-game-after-delhi-blast/74507-3.html|archivedate=30 September 2008
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|title=CNN-IBN-HT Survey: Urban India petrified | Delhi jinxed?|publisher=Ibnlive.com|accessdate=28 September 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080930061056/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cnnibnht-survey-urban-india-petrified/74511-3.html|archivedate=30 September 2008
''[[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|accessdate=18 December 2015|publisher=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|accessdate=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 |accessdate=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|accessdate=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
==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 |work=The Hindu |date= 28 September 2008|accessdate=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
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|accessdate=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
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 |accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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 |accessdate=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 |
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|accessdate=30 March 2012|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>
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