Taking preventive measures in view of the explosion that has taken place on Tuesday in a moving private bus carrying 50 passengers near Bhuna town of Fatehabad, the Haryana government has made a decision to install CCTV cameras in all state roadways buses. “Two people including a woman were injured”, Fatehabad SP, O.P. Narwal said. They have been identified as Bhagirath Luhar and his wife Raj Bala of Kanoh village near here.
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Apart from the routine checks by the police using hand-held metal detectors, bomb disposal squads and SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) teams have been deployed for checking in buses and at bus stations. Earlier on May 26, an explosion had taken place on a state roadways bus in Pipli near Kurukshetra, in which eight people were hurt. When asked if the explosion bore any similarity to the earlier incident, the Fatehabad SP said, “At this stage, we can not comment on that”.
He, however, said according to preliminary accounts gathered from the spot, it appeared some passenger was carrying a chemical powder which caught fire either because of smoking or some other reason. This was the fourth such incident in the state this year. Directions have also been issued to private bus operators to install such cameras.
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The bus was travelling from Jakhal to Fatehabad when the explosion occurred. On 13 May, Panipat saw an explosion in an EMU train arriving from Delhi but again, no casualties were reported.
