News of blasts doesn't surprise us any more. 25 people died as 5 blasts rocked Delhi. 70 were injured in five serial blasts in a span of 45 minutes when terrorists targeted three crowded market areas in the heart of the Capital on Saturday evening.
The blasts rocked Connaught Place, about a km. from Parliament, Ghaffer market in Karol Bagh in Central Delhi and the M.Block market in posh Greater Kailash in South Delhi. Soon after the blasts the Indian Mujahideen- the breakaway faction of the banned militant outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) claimed responsibility.
Prelimnary examination of the blast sites stressed that low intensity ammonium nitrate tied to integrated circuits had caused the blast.
The first blast took place at Ghaffer Market- a popular shopping centre in Karol Bagh selling a wide range of Chinese consumer goods.
Immediately after that two explosions took place at Connaught Place in the heart of Delhi. Then another explosion rocked A-Block market in Greater Kailash-I. The impact of the blast in Karol Bagh was such that an auto was thrown up and it got entangled in the overhead electricity cables.
As usual the political big wigs of the country issued customary sympathetic statements after the incident.
President Pratibha Patil led the country in condemning the blasts terming them a 'mindless act of violence ' and appealed to the people to maintain peace.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also strongly condemned the blasts.
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