Not ready to blame police for twin blasts in Hyderabad, says Shinde

22 Feb 2013 Evaluate

The twin bomb blasts that claimed 14 lives and left 119 injured, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who visited the bomb blast sites that rocked Dilsukh Nagar in Hyderabad on February 21 evening, is yet not ready to blame the Andhra Pradesh police for the blasts.

Shinde, along with Hyderabad Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and other senior officials visited the blast sites. Replying to a query about inputs suggesting that a blast might take place in Hyderabad, he said there was no specific alert and only a general alert was issued to the states and for the another query about the involvement of group in the blast, he said such things can't be said at the moment. The Union Minister later visited some hospitals where the injured persons were undergoing treatment.

Two powerful near simultaneous blasts had ripped through a crowded area close to a cluster of bus stands in Dilsukhnagar area on Feb 21. The blasts triggered by Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) tied to two bicycles took place at two sites 100 metres apart outside a roadside eatery near Konark and Venkatadiri theatres in the area located on the Hyderabad-Vijaywada national highway in Cyberabad police limits.

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