Low-intensity blast outside Delhi HC

New Delhi, May 25 (PTI) A low-intensity explosion
outside the Delhi High Court Wednesday triggered a security
scare but caused no damage.
The explosion, which broke an eight month lull after a
similar explosion near Jama Masjid ahead of the Commonwealth
Games, prompted Delhi Police to sound an alert in the city and
strengthen security by deploying more personnel on streets and
crowded places like markets and malls.
The blast of a crude bomb, which had some nail-like
shrapnel, a battery-like object and suspected to contain
ammonium nitrate, took place in a service lane outside the
court where lawyers' vehicles were parked.
Sources said they have collected traces of detonators
and a motorcycle battery from the spot and investigators were
trying to find out the triggering mechanism of the explosive.
The explosive kept in a white polythene bag near a
lawyer's car went off at around 1.25 pm causing panic. Police
said no one was injured nor was there damage to any property.
Delhi Police's elite anti-terror wing Special Cell
will investigate the explosion outside the court. Police was groping for clues in the blast and were
hesitant to hazard a guess about who was behind it.
"It was not an accident. There was a minor explosion.
A packet containing explosives kept in a plastic bag near the
car's right side exploded. There were minor damages to the
car. There was no casualty or injuries," Dharmendra Kumar,
Special Commissioner (Law and Order), told reporters.
Today's blast was the second in the last eight months,
the previous one being a blast in car on September 19 last
year near Jama Masjid for which terror outfit Indian
Mujahideen took responsibility. That blast took place after
two unidentified men opened fire at a Taiwanese media crew
ahead of the Commonwealth Games.