Toll in Delhi blast rises to 12, condition of 4 critical

New Delhi, Sept 8 (PTI) A 40-year-old man, injured in
Wednesday's blast outside the Delhi High Court, died at a
hospital here on Thursday taking the toll to 12 while the
condition of four of the victims continued to be critical.
Pramod Kumar (40), a resident of west Delhi's Hari Nagar,
breathed his last at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on
Thursday morning, hospital and police officials said.
A high intensity briefcase bomb ripped through the
crowded reception area in the High Court on Wednesday. 75
people were injured in the blast that took place between Gate
No.4 and 5 when around 200 visitors, mostly litigants, were
waiting in queue to get passes to enter the premises.
Out of the 57 injured admitted to RML hospital, two were
later transferred to AIIMS. Four blast victims have been
admitted to AIIMS.
Around 12 patients are recuperating in RML's surgical
ward, 19 are still in the ICU and two are at the new nursing
home, according to hospital officials
"The hospital will provide all care and facility that is
needed for the victims. If needed, experts from outside Delhi
will be roped in for the treatment of victims," said Sunil
Saxena, CMO of RML.
Delhi Police has released sketches of two people
suspected of planting the bomb in a suitcase outside the
court, just two km away from Parliament House.
The sketches of a 26-year-old and a 50-year-old man were
prepared following the description provided by some eye-
witnesses who claimed that they have seen a person in white
shirt with a briefcase standing in the queue for entry passes.
The probe into the blast was handed over by Government
to the National Investigation Agency(NIA) whose Chief S C
Sinha said a 20-member team headed by a DIG has been formed.
Home Minister P Chidambaram said the blast was of "high
intensity" and called it a "terrorist attack".