An explosion took place in front of an apartment complex at the entrance of the road-cum-rail bridge in Rajahmundry late Wednesday evening in which a watchman was injured seriously. Residents of the apartment complex ran out of the building in panic. Police tams arrived at the spot to ascertain the cause of the explosion.
According to Rajahmundry Urban Superintendent of Police S. Harikrishna, the deafening explosion took place at around 6.45 p.m. inside a drain just in front of the Dharwada Apartments.
Alla Rambabu alias Ramu (55), the watchman of the building, was seriously injured in the incident and was rushed to the Rajahmundry Government Hospital in an auto by the traffic police.
Mr Ramakrishna, the builder of the 30-flat apartment complex and himself a resident of it, said he was having a bath when the explosion took place and the entire building trembled.
The front elevation of the building was damaged and the glass panes in the frontage were smashed to pieces.
SP Harikrishna said dog and bomb squads were rushed to the railway station, the RTC complex and other important intersections in the city to be on guard in apprehension of a series of bomb blasts.
“I thought it was an earthquake or that a train had derailed on the rail-cum-road bridge,” said Satyanarayana, a resident of Dharwada Apartments. “Immediately, I carried 80-year-old mother on my shoulders and ran out of my flat.”
Rajahmundry MLA Dr. Akula Satyanarayana and others also rushed to the spot to enquire about the incident and telephoned the district collector.
Watchman injured, bomb squads rush to important junctions and Clues teams scour site
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