Hyderabad:
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde visited the blast site in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar area today and later spoke to the media. Highlights from his press conference:
- We visited both the blast sites today and then met some of the injured in hospitals.
- 14 people were killed and 119 were injured in the blasts.
- Of the injured, six are critical.
- There was no specific intelligence alert about a possible terror attack in Hyderabad. It was a general alert across the country.
- Too early and improper to say that the state police failed.
- Those who died have been given a compensation of Rs 6 lakh by the Andhra Pradesh government and Rs 2 lakh by the Prime Minister.
- The state government will bear the medical expense of all persons injured.