A bomb went off at the corporation office in Madurai, just 1 km away from the venue where Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to come for a meeting, later in the day. A 60-year-old woman suspected to be carrying the bomb was killed in the blast.
SHOCK WAVES again ran down, as bomb went off in Madurai at the corporation office, just 1 km away from Rahul Gandhi's meeting venue. A 60-year-old woman was killed in the blast, it is suspected that the woman was carrying a bomb but there is no confirmation as of yet.
Eye witnesses said that the woman was accompanied with a boy and a man.Rahul Gandhi is on a three day tour to Tamil Nadu today onwards (Sepember 8). He was slated to meet party workers at Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar and Madurai today and later in the day he had an interaction with students of Madurai Kamaraj University.
The police has arrived and no decision has been taken on whether Rahul Gandhi will change the schedule or not. Meanwhile, an anonymous call around 10 am warned the Delhi police of possible blasts at five places in the city. These include the Income Tax Office building, Safdarjung Hospital and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, the New Delhi Railway Station, and the NDMC building in Connaught Place. These areas have been evacuated. More details are yet awaited.