Blast in Bangalore

Virupaksha · Post by **Virupaksha** » 17 Apr 2013 12:37

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city ... 591996.cms

BANGALORE: At least 13 people have been injured in an explosion near the BJP office in Malleshwaram here on Wednesday morning. The injured include eight cops, according to TV reports.

Bangalore police commissioner Raghavendra Aurandkar said that police suspect the blast was caused by explosives strapped to a bike, parked near BJP office.

However, this can be confirmed only after investigations, he added.
Initial reports pointed to a cylinder explosion in a vehicle parked outside the BJP office.

However, police now suspect it to be a low intensity bomb blast.

Four cars, a police van and three two-wheelers have also been damaged in the explosion.

The police have cordoned off the area and have started investigations.

Senior police officers led by Bangalore police commissioner visited the spot.

Sniffer dogs and bomb squads are carrying out anti-sabotage checks inside the BJP office.

All the injured have been rushed to the hospital.

jamwal · Post by **jamwal** » 17 Apr 2013 12:46

Conspiracy theory guy is hardly surprised

pentaiah · Post by **pentaiah** » 17 Apr 2013 13:19

Oh it's in India
must be Hindu terror
Case solved

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Apr 2013 13:22

cops were quick to rule out terror angle saying LPG blast, now egg on face - again.

13:37 Bangalore blast: Bomb placed on stolen motorbike : Update on the Bangalore blast:

Karnataka home minister says it was election time and there was a huge crowd at the BJP office.

TV reports says that the bomb was placed on a stolen Yamaha bike.

Hospital sources say all the 16 injured are out of danger, including the two who were said to be critically injured.

Tjhe Karnataka DG says none of the vehicles were CNG and therefore the earlier possibility that it was a LPG kit blast has been firmly ruled out.

The BJP says they were the targets of the terror attack.
13:21 Bangalore blast: Timer device, IED may have been used: Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa reports that preliminary investigations into the Bangalore blasts points towards the use of a timer device. The police have not ruled out the use of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which could have been used in the bomb blast.

Although a lot of the investigation is based on theory at the moment, the police say that taking into consideration the sheer intensity of the blast, it becomes evident that it was assembled by a professional and aimed at causing a huge impact.

The police have taken the hard disk from the CCTV atop of the BJP office, that is believed to be the target. The BJP office is barely 100 metres from the blast site. Traffic cameras as well which are being examined the police also add.

rkirankr · Post by **rkirankr** » 17 Apr 2013 13:22

pentaiah wrote:Oh it's in India
must be Hindu terror
Case solved

Shakeel Ahmed has already tweeted that this would help BJP politically. These congis think of nothing else other than vote

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 17 Apr 2013 13:26

At least one dead say reports.With elections round the corner,the ungodly want to create as much mayhem as possible.The timing of the BLore bomb may have been inspired by the ones in Boston.If so,it means that the bombs are in a ready to detonate state,with many targets identified after earlier surveillance.

Let us see how our PM reacts.At least Obama got his PR act together and immediately.

prashanth · Post by **prashanth** » 17 Apr 2013 13:35

Regarding Hebbal.
Expect the news channels to be more professional and verify facts before broadcasting.

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 17 Apr 2013 13:36

2nd blast in Bangalore North (Hebbal) - the bombers seem to be driving around Bangalore planting bombs. We may have some more. Let's see.

Today is the 3rd anniversary of the April 17th Bangalore Chinnaswamy stadium blasts.

All attention is being paid to the fact that the first blast was 100 mts away from a BJP office. But I think that was not the target

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 17 Apr 2013 13:55

Now TV 9 says no second blast in Bangalore. If no one had been injured, then Bangalore TV channels are humour come to life.

Only one guy on TV 9 Kannada is saying anything sensible

kish · Post by **kish** » 17 Apr 2013 14:05

Bangalore: Blast at BJP office a terror attack, says Karnataka Home Minister

Bangalore Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar said the explosives appear to have been placed on a motorcycle, but so far, he said, there are no details of the sort of material that was used.

kish · Post by **kish** » 17 Apr 2013 14:08

rkirankr wrote:
pentaiah wrote:Oh it's in India
must be Hindu terror
Case solved
Shakeel Ahmed has already tweeted that this would help BJP politically. These congis think of nothing else other than vote

This idiot should be arrested first, his first reaction should have been sympathy for the victims. Not this.

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » 17 Apr 2013 14:09

Bombs appear to be different from those used in Hyderabad, notably no shrapnel. So this could indicate a Kerala IM module at work.

kish · Post by **kish** » 17 Apr 2013 14:11

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Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 17 Apr 2013 14:13

Klaus wrote:So this could indicate a Kerala IM module at work.

Pi$$ed of pals of good ol' Mahdani-ji at work then? There was some outrage in the 100% literate state that Mahdani's trial is going no where, and he has been in prison for a long time. If that is the case, this is only going to make KA go even more strong on Mahdani's boys.

kish · Post by **kish** » 17 Apr 2013 14:22

Headlines today: IB sources say Indian Mujaheddin could be behind Bangalore blasts.

suryag · Post by **suryag** » 17 Apr 2013 14:42

Didnt IB say they sent alerts already last week about a possible attack, why are the state police so inept *sigh*

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » 17 Apr 2013 14:48

Sachin wrote: Pi$$ed of pals of good ol' Mahdani-ji at work then? There was some outrage in the 100% literate state that Mahdani's trial is going no where, and he has been in prison for a long time. If that is the case, this is only going to make KA go even more strong on Mahdani's boys.

Vicky Nanjappa alluded to this in his Jignasa talk in BLR a few weeks ago. Additionally also mentioned that Kerala IM and sleeper cell activities are just getting to boil now, so it will be a while before it goes operational (from the perspective of the state police inputs). Looks like that estimate was woefully inaccurate.

Also his talk included logistics between Bhatkal and northern Kerala, I think there is a video embedded on one of the threads here.

Quite a few demographic similarities between Malleswaram and Dilsukhnagar. The nearby Yeswantpur railway station is a hub for many illegal entrants (BD origin) into the city.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Apr 2013 14:51

BLR police atleast is not encumbered by the need to round up a few saffron terrorists or a wandering sadhu and pin this on them.

they will come down hard on this hopefully. and Bhatkal is in karnataka...good. no inter state issues there.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 17 Apr 2013 15:01

A local vernacular daily (http://www.deepika.com) reports that a second blast did NOT occur at Hebbal

. It seems it was a hoax, and the local news channels picked it up.

kish · Post by **kish** » 17 Apr 2013 15:28

suryag wrote:Didnt IB say they sent alerts already last week about a possible attack, why are the state police so inept *sigh*

You penned my thoughts. Yesterday, IB sent alerts to city commissioners to be vigilant. If this is there being "Vigilant", Iam dumbstruck.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 17 Apr 2013 15:37

kish wrote:You penned my thoughts. Yesterday, IB sent alerts to city commissioners to be vigilant. If this is there being "Vigilant", Iam dumbstruck.

We do not know what message IB sent out. It may be a vague information that cities may be a targetted. Secondly, I dont think Bangalore Police has the men and resources to scrutinise each and every vehicle. This being the BJP party office (and elections around the corner) it would be a herculean task to check each and every park vehicles. There was also an IPL match which happened yesterday, and the police had another human intensive task of bandobust at the Stadium. Perhaps with IB warning the police may have put in more efforts here (because casualties may be certainly high, if a blast happens at the cricket venue).

prashanth · Post by **prashanth** » 17 Apr 2013 15:57

kish wrote:
suryag wrote:Didnt IB say they sent alerts already last week about a possible attack, why are the state police so inept *sigh*
You penned my thoughts. Yesterday, IB sent alerts to city commissioners to be vigilant. If this is there being "Vigilant", Iam dumbstruck.

Have to agree with Sachin sir here, partly. Bangalore is huge and its not possible to keep check on every corner. That said, pics in news reports show a damaged police van, indicating that police were already deployed near the office. Eight of the fourteen injured are policemen. They should have scrutinised the surroundings upon being alerted. Hope they are more careful from now on and hope the injured recover soon.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 17 Apr 2013 15:57

Terrorism is in its last phases as Congress government is expected to come back to power in Karnataka. People needs patience for just another month.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 17 Apr 2013 16:30

prashanth wrote:That said, pics in news reports show a damaged police van, indicating that police were already deployed near the office. Eight of the fourteen injured are policemen. They should have scrutinised the surroundings upon being alerted. Hope they are more careful from now on and hope the injured recover soon.

In Bangalore what happens is that if the authorities feel that a place require additional security, a City Armed Reserve posse is posted there. They generally have mini-buses, and this vehicle gets parked close to the venue. Most of the police men would be sitting inside. I feel this arrangement works if the police is expecting people gather up at short notice and start rioting. In this case these people could jump out of the vehicles and charge at them. Where as in the bomb blast, these folks could not have done nothing. It was a party office and folks come in all forms of vehicles, and with this notion these police men would have just ignored it. This was not really a place where they cannot expect vehicles not to come in; nor did they find the vehicle parked there for a very long time.

Came back to say: As far as I know Bangalore Police had taken extra efforts to give protection to the IPL Match at Bangalore. Not even a single untoward incident has happened there. So it may be a possibility that the police interpreted the general alert to coincide with the IPL and focussed there. And the police cannot give the same protection to every single important building 24/7/365. The terrorist has the luxury of deciding a target even at the very last moment.

kish · Post by **kish** » 17 Apr 2013 16:33

prashanth wrote:
kish wrote: You penned my thoughts. Yesterday, IB sent alerts to city commissioners to be vigilant. If this is there being "Vigilant", Iam dumbstruck.
Have to agree with Sachin sir here, partly. Bangalore is huge and its not possible to keep check on every corner. That said, pics in news reports show a damaged police van, indicating that police were already deployed near the office. Eight of the fourteen injured are policemen. They should have scrutinised surrounding vehicles for suspicious objects. Hope they are more careful from now on and hope the injured recover soon.

I agree with you and sachin sir. Protecting big city like Bangalore is challenging. But there has to be some efforts atleast to stop it, the police were clueless initially. First it was reported as "cylinder blast", later changed it to terrorist attack.

In earlier attacks police chiefs would claim there wasn't prior intelligence to thwart the attack. This attack has happened after general alert and heavy police presence.

Its like terrorists are sending out a message "we can attack wherever we want, nobody can do anything about it"

3 things has to happen
1) Police reforms
2) Deter Political interference in investigation (minority appeasement)
3) Media melodrama (portraying minorities as victims)

Else, we will face more and more audacious attacks in the future.

kish · Post by **kish** » 17 Apr 2013 16:42

MHA confirms Bangalore blast as terror strike

A bomb blast took place just a few metres away from the BJP headquarters at Malleshwaram here at 10.45 am on Wednesday. Thirteen people were injured in the incident, including eight policemen. No death occurred. The condition of two people were serious. The injured were admitted to hospital.

sum · Post by **sum** » 17 Apr 2013 16:55

Came back to say: As far as I know Bangalore Police had taken extra efforts to give protection to the IPL Match at Bangalore. Not even a single untoward incident has happened there. So it may be a possibility that the police interpreted the general alert to coincide with the IPL and focussed there. And the police cannot give the same protection to every single important building 24/7/365. The terrorist has the luxury of deciding a target even at the very last moment.

+1...

I was at the IPL yesterday and was dumbstruck at the amount of police bandobast needed. The crowds were huge and even a small cracker will cause casualties! Tough job indeed for police

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 17 Apr 2013 17:04

TV reports all injured "out of danger"

Times Now says Ammonium Nitrate and SIM card found also CCTV footage of some guy parking the bike.

Congress blames BJP for the attack.

Congress and their family ass lickers need to be wiped out in the elections.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 17 Apr 2013 17:27

all these memos are like your roadside astrologer saying 'something good will happen to you today'...it is of no use without specifics. vast majority of our people won't comply with a lockdown and tight security checks based on vague threats, so the cops won't organize that.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 17 Apr 2013 18:49

Live: Details of SIM card, motorcycle used in blast found

6:30 pm: SIM card and registration of bike used in attack recovered?

CNN-IBN reports that investigators have recovered details of the SIM card and the registration of the motorcycle on which the bomb was placed.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 17 Apr 2013 19:18

what kind of bomb- news yet?

kish · Post by **kish** » 17 Apr 2013 19:22

Gujarat on alert following Bangalore blast – Live

Live Updates:

5pmAn alert has been sounded across Gujarat in the wake of the blast near BJP office in Bangalore today, a top police officer said.

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 17 Apr 2013 19:26

SaiK wrote:what kind of bomb- news yet?

Acc to one news channel 2 kg Ammonium Nitrate + timer

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 17 Apr 2013 19:28

shiv wrote:Times Now says Ammonium Nitrate and SIM card found also CCTV footage of some guy parking the bike.

Looks like the BJP Office had good CCTV surveillance (and it worked). And the 'polizei' seems to be also checking CCTV etc. placed at Petrol outlets/prominent shops etc across the city. Has this case also gone to the NIA, by the way?

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 17 Apr 2013 19:32

Sachin wrote:
shiv wrote:Times Now says Ammonium Nitrate and SIM card found also CCTV footage of some guy parking the bike.
Looks like the BJP Office had good CCTV surveillance (and it worked). And the 'polizei' seems to be also checking CCTV etc. placed at Petrol outlets/prominent shops etc across the city. Has this case also gone to the NIA, by the way?

Yes. NIA people were on the scene.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 17 Apr 2013 19:47

Sorry for the blast in Bangalore one of my favorite cities.
Hope they catch the perpetrator(s) and encounter them.
Also hope NIA doesn't bury this case also just as they did the Hyderabad Blasts in February.

In future IB should give a public broadcast of their notifications as they seem to be in-effective in every instance of bomb blast. Give the citizens a chace to protect themselves as the pIB cohort of police forces are unable to protect the citizens.

Also future govts should consider winding up IB as its a no use agency. Just draws govt paycheck and bad mouth the public after retirement. Eg BRAWman.

So far not one bomb blast or terror attack has been prevented or disrupted.

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 17 Apr 2013 19:52

ramana Bangalore unfortunately has had no governance for the last 4-5 years. Anything constructive or progressive has been ignored or wound up. Anything that makes money for netas has been initiated with gusto. Today I discovered that our chief minister is one Jagadish Shettar - the CM has changed so many times that I could not remember. Maybe he will have changed by the time I make this post. Assembly elections next month. This thread will still be there and I will say up front that I expect a BJP washout - they have been worse than the most corrupt Congress government under Bangarappa and Dharam Singh. I voted BJP last time. I would like to see a Congress washout too.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 17 Apr 2013 20:04

No words can console the victims. I just hope one day, the governments do a better job of protecting people.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 17 Apr 2013 20:17

I think all indics must realize that it is not the babooze or party (raja)setup that will help them.. they (praja)have to help themselves and taking responsibilities in s-electing the right people to take up right post, to deliver the right things for the people. Everyone is responsible for everything else in the future, without excluding a single soul.

kish · Post by **kish** » 17 Apr 2013 20:29

ramana wrote:Sorry for teh balst in Bangalore one of my favortie cities.
Hope they catch the perpetrator(s) and encounter them.
Also hope NIA doesn't bury this case also just as they did the Hyderabad Blasts in February.

In future IB should give a public broadcast of their notifications as they seem to be in-effective in every instance of bomb blast. Give the citizens a chace to protect themselves as the pIB cohort of police forces are unable to protect the citizens.

Also future govts should consider winding up IB as its a no use agency. Just draws govt paycheck and bad mouth the public after retirement. Eg BRAWman.

So far not one bomb blast or terror attack has been prevented or disrupted.

Ramana Ji, Your wish has been granted by MHA.

MHA issues countrywide alert after Bangalore blast, asks all states to be extra vigilant

Hours after an explosion outside the Bharatiya Janata Party's office in Bangalore injured 16 people, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued a countrywide alert, asking all states to be extra vigilant.

After #Boston, they asked the states to be "vigilant", after #Bangalore, they are asking the states to be "Extra vigilant". What next?

MHA, Please stop using IB for political activities rather use it for public safety.