Two workers were injured after an explosion in an under-construction building in Bengaluru on Tuesday night, with the police suspecting it to be an improvised explosive device (IED) blast.
The blast occurred on the fourth floor of a multi-storey under-construction residential building on Jarmia Road in the Pulakeshinagar area. Add image caption here Officers from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the Internal Security Division (ISD) and the bomb squad then rushed to the site for inspection.
The minister said that the police have registered a suo motu case.
Explosion In Under-Construction Bengaluru Building, Cops Suspect IED Used
The two workers, who have currently not been identified, sustained serious head and facial injuries in the explosion, and have been admitted to a hospital. “Whether it was a chemical reaction, whether there was an IED, or whatever it may be, we are investigating.
Let the forensic report come,” Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge told reporters this morning.
