Explosion at dargah, no casualty
A powerful crude bomb blast coinciding with deputy prime minister L.K. Advani’s city visit on Saturday afternoon unnerved the city police.

However, no casualty has been reported from the blast which occurred on the roof of a 500-year-old Sufi saint’s dargah in Shahpur area of Ahmedabad.

The blast blew away large chunks of stone from the parapet of the dome of Adbul Jallil Saheb’s dargah, situated several metres away. The sound of the blast was heard almost a kilometre away and crowds of people from the neighbouring minority-dominated areas gathered to inquire about the incident.

The police officials, who were patrolling on the streets owing to the deputy prime minister’s visit, reached the spot in minutes. Incidentally, the state BJP office is just 50 yards from the dargah.

Ruling out communal angle to the blast, additional commissioner of police incharge (sector I) P.C. Thakur said, "Chances of communal angle to the blast is minimal since there is no other way to get on the roof of the dargah without entering the dargah."

Republished from The Asian Age