Blast at Ajmer Dargah leaves 2 dead, 17 hurt

Terror struck the sufi shrine of Khaja Moihuddin Chesteh here when a bomb went off inside the complex this evening killing two persons and injuring 17 others as thousands of Muslims were breaking their day-long Rumjaan fast.

A near-stampede broke out soon after the bomb kept in a school bag exploded at 1816 hours as people, who were breaking the fast, ran helter and skelter, many of them profusely bleeding, and overturned plates and eatables lay scattered.

One of the persons killed in the low-intensity blast, which took place a few meters away from the main tomb, was identified as 45-year-old Mohomet Shoaib from Mumbai who had come to offer prayers at the dargah of the 13th century sufi saint.

Of the 17 injured, who were taken to local Jawaharlal Nehru hospital, the condition of one was critical, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Kanhaiyya Lal said in Jaipur.

It appeared to be a pre-planned terror attack and the bomb was kept in a school bag near a tree at 'aahetai-e-noor' (holy place), about 10-15 feet away from main tomb of the sufi saint, he said.