Jaipur Blast, Jaipur News, Blasts in Jaipur

Breaking News! Seven serial bomb blasts within a span of 15 minutes, shocked the tourism city Jaipur (Rajasthan). At least 50 people have been killed so far and around 150 people are reportedly injured. Injured have been rushed to the Sawai Mansingh hospital. The blasts took place at Tripolia Bazaar, outside Hawa Mahal in Manak Chowk, outside the Hanuman Temple at Johri Bazaar, Sangneria Gate and Badi Choppad. According to preliminary reports, high power explosive materials have been used in the blast. Cycles and cars were used to plant the explosives. Two live bombs were recovered from Chandpol. There was no damage to the Hawa Mahal or the Hanuman Temple in Johari Bazaar. After the serial blasts in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Mumbai and Delhi have been put on high alert. Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has cancelled his Meghalaya visit. A high level meeting of the Union Cabinet is expected to take stock of the situation. The Rajasthan government has rushed its officials to the blast sites. Unconfirmed sources put the death toll at 70. The Centre is sending NSG team to Jaipur. The PM has condemned the attack and appealed for peace and calm. Popular shopping sites turned into war zones by blasts

Jaipur, May 13: Severed limbs, mangled heaps of cycle rickshaws, bicycles and smashed windscreens of cars turned the crowded markets crammed with peak-time shoppers in the walled part of the Pink City into a virtual war zone minutes after serial bomb blasts were set off by terrorists. "We heard a big sound and what was left was a plume of smoke and blood all around," said an injured eyewitness as he was stretchered to a hospital. Utter chaos and panic prevailed soon after the blasts took place in a span of 20 minutes. Scores of wounded people were ferried to three hospitals soon after blasts hit at Tripolia Bazar, where a large number of devotees turned up at a hanuman temple, Johari Bazar, Manank Chowk, Badi Choupad and Choti Choupad in the walled part of the city. It is for the first time that the tourist hotspot, Jaipur has figured on terror hit list. Within minutes of the blast, one could see siren blaring ambulances and vehicles zipping though the by lanes. The blasts triggered a near-stampede situation at the blast sites as panic-stricken people ran helter skelter in search of a safe place. People were also seen carrying the injured as the number of ambulances fell far short of the requirement. The nearby hospitals were crowded as relatives thronged to look for their near and dear ones. At one of the blast sites, the body of a newly-wed woman, dressed in a bright red saree with traditional (chuda) "marriage bangles", lay on the road. Another young man was hung out of a rickshaw with his head turned back and his face smeared with blood. Johri Bazar, one of the biggest shopping markets, which was rocked by the blasts, lay strewn with bangles and mangled rickshaws. Also strewn around were shopping bags, bloodstained sandals and shoes of victims. At Sawai Mansing Hospital, the emergency ward was splattered with blood as scores of dead and injured were taken there. Drenched in blood, people were seen running with their mobile phones glued to their ears informing their kins about their condition. A puddle of blood formed outside the Hanuman Temple at Tripolia Bazar where a ten-year-old boy perished in the blast. Within minutes, the whole temple complex and the market were cleared of the crowd as people ran for safety. Police were seen warning the people against touching any unidentified or unclaimed objects.