11: 40 am Delhi Police will take at least three to four hours to scan the entire area. They also fear that there might be more explosives outside Delhi High Court.
11:20 am Chaos at RML Hospital, where over two dozen injured in Delhi Blast are being treated.
11:23 am NIA will take over the investigation wth the assistance of Delhi Police. This is also the first major case where the NIA will be taking over the investigations from the beginning.
11:20 am Union Home Secretary RK Singh confirms 9 dead, 45 injured in Delhi Blast. Home Minister P Chidambaram will make a statement in the Lok Sabha at 12:30 pm.
11: 15 am Rajen Medhekar, DG, NSG said preliminary investigations suggests the blast is EID improvised with ammonium nitrate. Preliminary probe also suggests that a brief case carrying the explosive was placed at the reception, which triggered the blast. The Delhi Police has also confirmed that the explosion was a high intensity blast.
11:12 am Rajya Sabha w adjourned till 2 PM to allow the Government to collect information on the bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court this morning and make a statement. When the House met for the day, Chairman Hamid Ansari said a “disturbing news” has just trickled in about a bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court. “There are reports of some casualties. This is something to be condemned,” he said.Ansari said the government will make a statement as soon
as the facts are available.
11:10 am Internal Security Secretary confirms more than 30 have been injured and four persons have been killed in the explosion that took place at 10:14 outside Gate No 5, where at least 100 to 200 people where waiting to get their passes made. He also said that the blast was a well planned one.
11:05 AM am Special Commissioner Dharmendra Kumar said that apart from the 27 injured, there are a few more who have suffered minor injuries. He added that all the injured have been taken to three hospitals — RML, Safdarjung Hospital and AIIMS. He also confirmed that the exact location of the blast took place on the main road outside Delhi Court, which is an ‘unchecked area’.
11:00 am Bomb squad and forensic team have reached the blast site along with the medical team. Rescue operations and evidence collection are underway. The Delhi police has also issued a security alert in the capital.
10:55 am Delhi high court is being vacated. Special Commissioner Dharmendra Kumar also confirms that 24 have been injured, but says it is too premature too comment on the nature of the explosive.
10: 50 am Delhi Police confirms that 27 people have been injured so far, but fear the injured toll could rise further. They have also said that the explosive could have been concealed in a brief case which could have been placed below a car. Investigation is on and people have been requested to leave the blast site for safety reasons.
10:45 am Delhi Police Commissioner arrives at blast site. Police are requesting people to stay away from Gate No 5 and have cordoned off the area. All the injured have been taken to RML Hospital. However, first visuals show blood and debris outside the Gate No 5.
Gate no. 5 is the main gate of the Delhi high court where most of the lawyers and litigants enter.
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10: 35 am Emergency response teams, three ambulances and fire tenders have rushed to the blast site. They have been accompanied by the Delhi local police. So far no official statement has been issued by the Delhi Police. But sources say that the blast did take place.
10: 40 am Media reports suggest around ten to seventeen people have been injured and are being taken to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital.
Several people were injured in a blast this morning outside one of the entry gates to the Delhi High Court complex crowded with visitors seeking entry into the premises.
The explosion occurred outside gate No.5 where 100 to 200 people were waiting in queue to get passes for entry into the court complex. The nature and magnitude of the blast was immediately not known.
According to eyewitnesses, 20 to 25 persons were injured in the explosion which occurred at around 1015 AM and some of them may be in a critical condition. There was no official information on the exact number of injured.
Some of the injured were being treated at a dispensary in the court itself while others were rushed to nearby hospitals.
Court business is usually heavy on Wednesday which is listed as a Public Interest Litation(PIL) day when the visitors come to the court in large numbers.