2005 Delhi bombings

The 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings occurred on 29 October 2005 in Delhi, India, killing 62 people and injuring at least 210 others in three explosions. The bombings came only two days before the important festival of Diwali, which is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains. The bombs were triggered in two markets in central and south Delhi and in a bus south of the city. Indian investigators believe the Kashmir separatist/ Islamic terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attacks.

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• On 29 October 2005, the evening crowd had just begun to throng the busy Delhi markets. Even the newsroom had started to slip into the festive mood with Diwali just two days away. About an hour or so before prime time, news trickled that Paharganj, Sarjoni Nagar and Govindpuri had witnessed blasts. All the three bombs went off within a time span of 30 minutes. I rushed to Paharganj and later to Sarojini Nagar to report the blasts. The scene at these two locations was heart-rending. Human body parts littered the road. The police was trying to secure the area for vital evidence. But it wasn’t easy amidst the melee. The media personnel were struggling to reach the blast site amidset the prevailing confusion. In short, it looked as if death itself had danced on the roads of Delhi that day.
  • Tiwari, D. P., (2019). The great indian conspiracy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

• The blast took 61 innocent lives. Out of these, 43 people were killed at Sarojini Nagar where I was stationed. The investigation revealed that a Pakistan-based terror group was behind the serial blasts. The security agencies nabbed 10 suspects from various parts of the country. Most of them were caught at railway platforms and bus stands. The sketches made after the blasts played an important role in these arrests.
  • Tiwari, D. P., (2019). The great indian conspiracy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.