Bangalore: The blast outside the Bangalore BJP office was caused after a motorcycle exploded, Bangalore Police Commissioner Raghavendra H Auradkar confirmed minutes after the explosion that occurred at 10.45 am on Wednesday.
“Initially we were told it was a cylinder explosion, but it was a motorcycle blast. It was explosive plus incendiary blast,” Auradkar said. Panic spread in the sleepy Bangalore neighbourhood after a huge explosion was heard outside the BJP office in Malleswaram. Soon afterwards a number of vehicles parked in the vicinity caught fire.
