Two men suffered minor injuries, with one of them losing a finger. Both have been shifted to Bowring Hospital. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The recovery of wires from the site of the explosion inside a flat on the fourth floor of an under-construction building on Jeremiah Road, and contradictory statements by the two injured in the blast, have raised red flags among investigators.
An IED can be rigged by connecting an explosive to a trigger mechanism, using wires and circuit boards. The torch involved in the blast in this case is suspected to be the trigger.
Following the police questioning both the persons injured in the blast, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said, “They are giving contradictory statements.” “We are trying to reconstruct what happened and how the incident unfolded, based on their statements,” he added. Police are trying to establish the antecedents of the two injured and have sought information about them from the police stations under whose jurisdiction their residences fall in their hometowns.Another senior official said that the suspicious materials found at the scene are said to have been delivered there and were not originally present at the spot.
Police are now analysing CCTV footage from the area and using other technical evidence to track down the source of this delivery. Loud sound The alleged blast occurred around 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday at the building on Jeremiah Road, a quiet residential lane within the Pulakeshinagar police station limits.Speaking to presspersons, Mansur, a resident of the locality, said neighbours had initially suspected a cylinder blast but later learnt that a “battery” had exploded.“The sound of the blast was very loud, and all the surrounding buildings also heard it.
When the residents went there, one of the injured person’s fingers was hanging from the hand, and he was subsequently taken to the hospital,” he said.The under-construction building is situated among several residential houses in an area comprising both homes and commercial establishments.Mr. Singh said some flats in the building where the blast occurred had been completed and were occupied, while interior work was under way in others.
The blast occurred in a house where interior work was in progress.Police informed late The police were not informed of the blast right away, sources said. The injured were taken to Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, where doctors filed a Medico Legal Case (MLC) and intimated the jurisdictional police.
According to Mr. Singh, the police received the Medico-Legal Case (MLC) report in the evening, following which the city police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) rushed to the location and examined the scene.HM advises cautionKarnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge said that it was not yet clear whether a chemical reaction had triggered the blast or whether it was caused by an IED. “This can be ascertained only after the FSL report is out,” he said, urging people not to believe rumours.
Published - October 21, 2026 01:32 pm IST