Overview
- A loud explosion on the fourth floor of an under-construction building on Jermiah Road in Pulakeshinagar seriously injured two construction workers who were taken to Bowring Hospital.
- Witnesses and reports say the blast occurred on Tuesday afternoon and left one worker with a severe eye injury and the other with a lost hand.
- Security teams from the Anti-Terrorism Squad, the Internal Security Division and the bomb squad inspected the site and Pulakeshinagar police opened an inquiry.
- Officials recovered materials at the scene and preliminary information points to a battery-like object inside a bag as the source, but investigators say there is no confirmed evidence yet that the blast was deliberate.
- Authorities have sent samples to the forensic lab and have registered a suo motu case; investigators say the forensic report will be key to establishing cause and any wider security implications.