Karnataka Blast : The blast in Mangaluru, Karnataka is not an ordinary blast but it is a “terrorist act”. Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Sood has said that the blast in a moving autorickshaw in Mangaluru is an “act of terrorism”.

)Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Sood tweeted that it is now confirmed. The blast was not an accident, but a act of terrorism. is an act intended to cause grievous hurt.Karnataka State Police along with central agencies are actively involved in the investigation.

It may be mentioned here that the blast took place in an autorickshaw near a police station on Saturday evening in which a passenger and the driver were injured.Both have been admitted to the hospital. A moving autorickshaw caught fire after an explosion.The driver and a passenger sitting in the autorickshaw suffered burn injuries.

9138691386Police have received CCTV footage in the case. In the CCTV footage of the spot, the autorickshaw is seen catching fire after a minor explosion. Earlier, after the explosion, City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar reached the spot and after inspection shared the information with the media. He had told that the autorickshaw was on ‘fire’ and there was no need to panic.