Pune - German Bakery blast Death toll rises to 10

List of those killed in the blast at German Bakery in Pune.

A youth injured in the Feb 13 Pune German bakery blast succumbed to his injuries, taking the death toll of the terror attack to 10.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Feb 16, Pune Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh informed that a 24-year-old Lucknow student, Abhishek, died on Monday, Feb 15 night.

On the latest developments in the probe, the police chief said nothing significant was found in the CCTV footage.

This statement comes after the media on Monday, Feb 15 reported that the investigators found 'vital clues' in the CCTV footage obtained from the hotel located opposite to the German Bakery.

Latest forensic findings reveal that RDX, ammonium nitrate and hydrocarbonate oil were used in the blast, he said, adding that the police are yet to ascertain how the explosion was triggered.

Many people are being questioned in the case, the police chief said.

Besides this, there are reports that two people with suspected links to the Indian Mujahideen were detained on Tuesday, Feb 16 morning in connection with the attack.

Police sources have been quoted as saying that suspects were picked up from Janwadi area in Pune and Kudalwadi in the neighbouring industrial township of Pimpri.

While one of the suspects is belived to have been associated with Indian Mujahideen leader Riyaz Bhatkal, another suspect from Janwadi locality was reportedly associated with Shabbir Gangawali, a cleric linked with the same terror outfit.

Here is the list of those killed in the blast at German Bakery in Pune as declared by the Maharashtra Police:

• Aditya Mehta of Delhi
• Akhilesh Kumar of Lucknow
• Ankit Dhar, 24, Male, Kolkata
  
• Anindyee Dhar, 19, Female, Kolkata
• P Shindhuri, 22, Female, Bangalore
  
• Vinita Padani, 22, Female, Mumbai
• Shilpa Goenka, 23, Female, Kolkata
• Shankar Pansare, 40, Male, Pune
• Gokul Nepali, 30, Male, waiter in bakery
• Saeed Abdul Ghani, Iranian, 26, Male, student in Symbiosis Pune
• Nadia Macdrini, Italian, 37, Female

Pakistani militant group claims Pune blast

An obscure militant group has claimed responsibility for last weekend's bomb blast in the western Indian city of Pune which killed 10 people.

A man saying he is a representative of a group known as Lashkar-e-Taiba Al Alami made the claim to The Hindu newspaper.

Calling himself Abu Jindal, he says the group is an offshoot of the Pakistani-based militant organisation and it carried out the strike because of India's refusal to discuss Kashmir in soon-to-be-held talks with Pakistan.

At this stage Indian officials are treating the claim with caution.

They say it could be an attempt to divert attention away from Lashka-e-Toiba, which is widely regarded to have the support of the Pakistani military.

The toll from the Pune blast has risen to 10 after the death of a 23-year-old man who was badly wounded on Saturday night.

Indian police have detained four people for questioning about the attack.

Pune blast rips apart a Lucknow home

Tremors of the Saturday night blast in Pune reached house number C-33 at H Road in Mahanagar area of Lucknow around break on Tuesday.

The jolt came in the form of a phone call from Pune informing about Abhishek Saxena's death. Pursuing his final year at DY Patil College of Engineering (DYPCE) in Pune, Abhishek was critically wounded in the February 13 blast at German Bakery in Pune.

He had been admitted to the Ruby Hall hospital with severe splinter injuries to the extent that one of his legs had to be amputated. But excessive bleeding from his wounds eventually took its toll on this only child of his parents around 3:30 am on Tuesday.

On the fateful Saturday evening, Abhishek had gone to the cafe for some snacks with his friends Rajeev Agarwal, Hrishab and Sumit Singh when the bomb ripped apart the place.

The blast left Abhishek with an amputated leg while his friend Rajeev had to undergo a surgery to remove his mutilated arm. Hrishab suffered multiple fractures while Sumit escaped with 40 per cent burns, said Manish, brother of Sumit, who was attending to them at the Ruby Hall hospital.