Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast: Owner says 'something kept in bag exploded', 9 injured | 10 points
Follow Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe Blast Live Updates here While speaking with reporters in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah said somebody kept a bag at the cafe which exploded injuring some people. "CCTV footage from the cafe is being examined. It has come to be known that someone had left a bag at the cafe.
The accused in the incident will be punished," he was quoted by ANI as saying. 1. Karnataka DGP Alok Mohan said nine people were injured in the blast. “The CM and the Home Minister have been given complete information on the incident.
Nine people were injured in the incident. An investigation is underway. We will get feedback from the FSL team," he said.
Three employees are among the nine injured . Three of those injured were taken to a hospital nearby where staff said two of them had suffered minor injuries. The third had 40 percent burn injuries and was in intensive care, news agency PTI reported.
ALSO READ: The Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru, rocked by blast, is hub for food lovers: All you need to know about this cafe 2. Divya Raghavendra Rao, co-founder and managing director of The Rameshwaram cafe chain, told the local TV9 news channel on Friday that as per the information she received there were two explosions within 10 seconds of each other. The blast at Rameshwaram Cafe in the east of the city occurred during the busy lunch hour when crowds from nearby offices lined up.
3. She added that something kept in a bag had exploded. "The explosion happened in the area where customers wash their hands. It was nothing in the kitchen that exploded...
something that was kept in a bag exploded," she was quoted as saying. 4. While the exact cause of the blast is ascertained, a policeman at the site said a bomb squad would investigate
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