Overview

• Investigators say the blast originated in a cardboard box outside a toy shop, damaging two scooters and nearby stores.
• Police reported eight injured, with four suffering severe burns and referred to Lucknow for advanced care.
• Officers seized roughly several quintals of illegally stored fireworks from a nearby shop and godown and detained about a dozen people.
• Commissioner Raghubir Lal suspended the Moolganj SHO and other personnel, and shifted the area ACP over enforcement lapses.
• A suspect named Tariq is on the run, one scooter at the site was reported stolen, and specialized teams continue forensic checks.