Two high intensity bomb blasts ripped through the city of Hyderabad on Thursday evening at 7pm and have killed 15 people and over a 100 have been injured.
The attacks were timed in a way to cause maximum damage and were carried out during the rush hour when most people were trying to get back home. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has reached the blast site in Hyderaband and the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Kiran Kumar Reddy has urged citizens to remain calm. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has condemned the blasts and has offered a compensation of Rs. 2 lakh each to the families of those killed in the incident and Rs.50, 000 to those seriously injured.
The injured are being treated at the Osmania, Yashoda, Omni, and Kamineni hospitals and the death toll is set to rise given that some of the injured are in a critical condition.
Following these attacks, the state of Andhra Pradesh is on high alert and so are other cities including Delhi and Mumbai.
The police have set up a helpline which can be reached at:
040-23235643, 040-27854771
Helpline Numbers:
State Helplines for Dilsukh nagar-Hyderabad Bomb Blasts : 040 27854771,
040-27853408, 040 27852435-36
Ambulance Service at Dilshuknagar: Dhanalaxmi - +91 9391351543, 9963857749,
9440379926.
Blood banks near Dilsuknagar : SLMS 040-64579998; Kamineni 39879999; Hima
Bindu 9246373536; Balaji 24572195; ADRM 27038744.
Dilsukh Nagar Police Station: 040-27853903 (Contact person Yadgiri),
9490617174. Near Sai Baba Temple; Email: vyreddyvootukuri@appolice.gov.in
Police control room (Afzalganj Station) Helpline Number: 040-27854771
