Two killed, 12 hurt in fire crackers explosion in TN

VILLUPURAM: Two persons were killed and 12 people were injured after firecrackers being transported in a mini-van exploded in the district on Monday, police said.

The two, who were travelling in the vehicle, died on the spot, Villupuram Superintendent of Police S Jayakumar said.

According to police, the duo had stopped the van after smoke emanated from the vehicle.

“A smoke was detected in the vehicle... suddenly the crackers exploded,” Jayakumar said. Police said 12 passers-by were injured in the explosion.

One person has been detained in connection with the incident, he added.

Local people claimed that the blast caused damage to nearby houses and shops, shattering window panes and other lighter structures.a local told TV channels that smoke was detected from the vehicle before the firecrackers exploded.

When Pakistan’s National Secur i t y Adviser, Naseer Khan Janjua, met his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, in Bangkok on December 26, 2017, he told him that Rawalpindi GHQ had given a green signal to wage jihad after the Americans had c onvinced Islamabad that the Soviet Red Army’s main aim behind the 1979 occupation of Afghanistan was to capture the warm water port of Karachi.

Janjua, a f ormer Quetta Corps commander, said that Pakistan, without much ado, t ook up arms at America’s call. Pakistan’s Prime Minister, I mran Khan, r e peated t he same Army line in his September 27 address at the UN General Assembly, exculpating h o me- g r o wn jihadists of crimes.

PM Khan’s speech predicting a “bloodbath” in the Valley, did not appear much different from the words used by Jaish-e-mohammed (JEM) leader Mufti Rauf Asghar or Lashkar-eTaiba (LET) leader Talha Saeed

ONE PERSON HAS BEEN DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT, VILLUPURAM SP S JAYAKUMAR SAID