Overview

• Two parked scooters exploded seconds apart around 7:30 pm in Mishri Bazaar, Moolganj, with the blasts heard up to 500 meters away near the Markaz mosque.
• Injury figures vary between six and eight, with multiple victims suffering severe burns and several referred from Kanpur’s Government Ursala Hospital to KGMU in Lucknow.
• Police say the cause remains undetermined, with possibilities including explosive firecrackers or a battery burst, and investigators have not ruled out a terror angle.
• Bomb Disposal Squad, forensic and anti‑sabotage teams are collecting evidence as intelligence units review CCTV; ATS and STF have been roped in for the investigation.
• Preliminary details indicate one scooter belongs to Ashwani Kumar, who is among the injured, while police are trying to reach the second owner, identified as Vijendra Prasad Rastogi, as shopfronts and windows nearby sustained damage.