At least six people were injured in a crude bomb blast in Kanpur on Tuesday evening.
A blast has been reported from the city of Kanpur on Tuesday evening, when a bomb went off in the Bajaria area of Colonelganj police station. The device was reportedly placed on a rented bicycle.

The blast took off at around 7 pm. Reports suggest 6 people have been injured, including a woman and two children.

The area- situated in the centre of the city- is highly crowded and minority dominated. Several cracker manufacturing units are located here.

It is a densely populated area, packed with slums in narrow lanes.

The nature of the explosive is not confirmed, but is suspected to be of crude variant. The blast was a low-intensity one. Official details are awaited.

The entire city of Kanpur has been put on high-alert, with the site being cordoned-off.

The blast occurred at 6.30 PM this evening. Two of the injured are said to be critical. All of them have been admitted to a city hospital. According to police, the crude bomb was planted on a cycle. The police refused to term this blast as a terror attack and said it could be the handiwork of some anti-social elements.

May be possible that after impossing the section 144 by Mayawati in Rai Barely frustrated congress workors are involved in this blast.


Privious blast in Kanpur was on August 24:
Bomb making materials found from the spot

Two persons were killed in an explosion in a house in the Rajeev Nagar area on Sunday afternoon.

The police recovered 3 kg lead oxide, 500 g red lead, 1 kg potassium nitrate, 11 countrymade grenades, several bomb pins, seven timers and batteries from the spot.

The deceased have been identified as Rajeev Mishra and Bhupinder Singh.

While Rajeev was the son of S S Mishra, the landlord of the house, Bhupinder was a resident of Shastri Nagar.

Mishra, a retired Kanpur Electric Supply Company employee, lives in the nearby Nankari village. He had rented a few rooms of his house to several students.

Rajeev’s occupied the room in which the blast took place. As he worked in Lucknow, he used to visit the place on Sundays.

According to the police, while Bhupinder died on the spot, Rajeev died on his way to hospital.

Till last reports came in, the police were conducting a search in Rajeev’s residence. Bhupinder’s house was found locked.

Manvendra Singh Chauhan, one of the students, said: “While everybody knew Rajeev, we saw Bhupinder for the first time on Sunday.” IG (Kanpur Zone) S N Singh claimed either low intensity chemical or countrymade bombs caused the explosion.

“The recovery shows that a massive explosion was on the cards. We are trying to find the reason behind Bhupinder’s visit to the house on Sunday,” he said.

According to a senior police officer, the material found could have been used for several explosions.

Of the seven timers recovered, two were attached with batteries with the help of wires.

The countrymade hand grenades recovered were similar to those used by the defence forces.