Surat: Explosives Found in Wagon and Car

We just saw two cities, Bangalore and Ahmedabad threatened with bomb blasts in India, and today, cops found out explosives near a hospital in Surat.

Another Wagon R car loaded with explosives, was found in Varaccha area in Surat. The police seized the car and special squads have been rushed in to examine the explosives. Earlier in the afternoon, another Wagon R car loaded with explosives, was seized in Poona village in Surat.

The latest developments have created panic in Surat and other parts of Gujarat. The two other cars, which were used in the serial blasts outside Ahmedabad hospitals were also of Wagon R brand. Registration numbers of all these cars are found to be fake.

Police said it was found to have a wire, some white powder, nuts and bolts as well as a battery — all ingredients for a crude explosive.

Surat Police Commissioner R.M.S. Brar refused to go into the details. “I will not comment on it as the experts are still analysing it,” he said.

Bangalore Blasts and Ahmedabad Blasts, What Next?

Bangalore Blasts:

A string of nine synchronised low intensity bomb blasts today rocked the IT hub during the busy lunch hour, leaving two killed and injuring 12 others spreading terror.

In a grim reminder of the terror attack at the Indian Institute of Sciences here in December 2005, crude bombs concealed near refugee camps, a drain and a bus shelter stuffed with nuts and bolts, exploded between 1.30 pm and 1.45 pm at Adugodi, Madivala, Nayandahalli, Mysore Road, Richmond Circle, Pantharapalya and Vittal Mallya Road. One explosion occured later in the evening.

Ahmedabad Blasts:

The toll in the serial blasts that rocked the city climbed to 38 on Sunday and is expected to rise further, police said. Apart from the 38 dead, 90 people were injured in the coordinated blasts on Saturday in various places here including two hospitals, they said, adding that the toll is expected to rise.

The injured are admitted in several hospitals including Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital, Civil Hospital and LG Hospital.

Terrorists triggered 16 serial blasts in a span of 60 to 70 minutes on Saturday evening in crowded market areas of the city leaving at least 38 dead and over 90 injured.

The areas where the blasts occurred were at Maninagar, Isanpur, Narol circle, Bapunagar, Hatkeshwar, Sarangpur bridge, Sarkhej, Odhav, Sardar Patel market, Civil hospital, Juhapura, Ambur tower building, Raipur and Gowribhadi.