திமுக சிவகங்கா முனிசிபல் சேர்மன் வெடிகுண்டு வெடித்து பலி

சிவகங்கா முனிசிபல் சேர்மன் முருகன் சென்று கொண்டிருந்த காரில் இருந்த வெடுகுண்டு வெடித்ததில் பலியானார்.

Sivaganga Municipal chief among 2 killed in bomb explosion

Sivaganga (TN), June 29: Two persons, including Sivaganga municipality chairman P Murugan, were killed and 10 injured when a powerful bomb blast ripped through his car in front of the municipal office here on Friday.

Police, quoting eyewitnesses, said the bomb exploded the moment Murugan, a leader of the state's ruling DMK, got into his car at 1.30 pm after finishing work at the office near the bus stand.

Ten passengers of a Madurai-bound bus, which was passing by at the time of the blast, were injured by debris from the car that hit them.

The explosion was so powerful that the roof of the car was shattered into pieces and fell far away.

Murugan, whose legs were blown away, and his driver Pandi were rushed to the government Rajaji Hospital at Madurai but died on the way.

The seriously injured bus passengers, who were admitted to the Sivaganga government hospital, had been shifted to the Rajaji Hospital after first aid, hospital sources said.

It was a gory scene at the site of the explosion as flesh and parts of bodies were found sprayed all over.

Tension prevailed in the town and all shops in and around bus stand had been closed following the incident.

The schools in the town had also been closed.

District Collector M A Siddique visited the spot and arranged for rushing the injured persons to the hospital.

Police had been deployed around the town at all sensitive points and were monitoring the situation, police said.

Bureau Report