India’s National Investigation Agency is likely to take over the probe into a suspected IED blast at an under-construction building in Bengaluru’s Pulakeshinagar that injured two people, after preliminary findings indicated an improvised explosive device hidden in a parcel triggered the explosion. One of the victims, a painter, lost a finger in the blast.
According to police, the device was concealed inside a box delivered to the building as a parcel. An unidentified caller phoned the site’s security staff, claimed the box contained a torchlight, and asked them to keep it inside. When the box was opened and its battery switched on, the device detonated.
How the Parcel Bomb Went Off
Investigators said the security guard collected the box on the caller’s instructions and stored it in the building, where interior work was underway. The explosion injured the guard and a painter, identified as Suraj and Allauddin; one lost a finger while the other suffered minor injuries.
City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said all possibilities were being examined, including the IED angle, and that forensic teams had sent recovered materials for laboratory analysis. “Let the laboratory reports come in. Before that, we should not pay heed to rumours,” Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge said.
NIA Seeks Report, ATS Joins Probe
The NIA has sought a detailed report from Bengaluru Police along with findings from the Scene of Crime Officers, and is expected to inspect the site if the investigation deepens. The state Anti-Terrorist Squad is already assisting local police, who are tracing the anonymous phone call and reconstructing how the parcel reached the building.
Officers are examining whether the device was planted at the site days before the blast and who stands to gain from targeting an ordinary construction site. With no claim of responsibility and no clear motive yet, the case has put the city’s security apparatus on alert.
Police have appealed for anyone who saw the parcel being delivered — or who received suspicious calls from unknown numbers in recent days — to come forward. Security has been tightened at construction sites across the area while the investigation continues.
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