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<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 |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=BBC News | title=Bomb hits India market shoppers|date=27 September 2008}}</ref> The explosion occurred at 14:15 IST, 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>http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/delhi-blast-honesty-turns-fatal-for-boy/366708/</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]]
==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|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=28 September 2008|access-date=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=%27Aapka+packet+gir+gaya+hai%27|title=Aapka packet gir gaya hai'|newspaper=Hindustan Times|place=[[New Delhi]]|date=28 September 2008|access-date=28 September 2008}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</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]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</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|access-date=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 | url-status= live}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that seven of them were in critical condition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://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/>
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