27 September 2008 Delhi bombing

The 27 September 2008 Delhi bombing in India's second largest metropolis left three people dead and twenty-three more injured, on an infamous Saturday. 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. About 23 others were injured[8] and were treated at AIIMS and Fortis Hospital. The bombing took place exactly two weeks after the five serial blasts in Delhi on 13 September 2008.

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• The security agencies were still busy connecting the dots of the Delhi bombing plot when the sound of a blast reverberated in the country’s capital yet again. On 27 September 2008, barely two weeks after the serial blasts, a low-intensity blast claimed three lives in the Mehrauli area. The offenders were temerarious enough to make a threatening call to the police just before the blast. The SIM card for this call was bought from a shop in Faridabad. The police rounded up some suspects of Bangladeshi origin along with the shopkeeper who had sold the SIM card. The nature of this blast was different from that of the bombings two weeks ago. It was postulated that it was an operation carried out by some group other than the IM. Some reports suggested that the bomb at Mohali had the signatures of IM operative Abdul Karim Tunda, who had been involved in several such incidents.
  • Tiwari, D. P., (2019). The great indian conspiracy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.