Two injured in Bengaluru construction-site explosion

An explosion at an under-construction building in Bengaluru injured two people, and police are investigating its cause and the materials involved. The blast occurred Tuesday afternoon, October 20, on the building’s fourth floor on Jeremiah Road in the Pulakeshinagar area, officials said. The injured were identified as Allauddin, a labourer from Assam, and Suraj, a security guard from Uttar Pradesh. Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said Wednesday that one of them had been discharged from hospital while the other remained under treatment. Reports differed on the hospital where they were treated, so police did not identify the facility in their latest account. Singh said one injured person reported pressing a button on an object that appeared to be a battery-operated torch before the explosion. Police are verifying that account and examining what the object contained. The commissioner also said the two injured men had given contradictory statements, making it difficult to establish how the incident unfolded. Authorities have not determined whether the explosion resulted from a battery or other equipment, a chemical reaction, or an improvised explosive device. Singh said...