Overview
- An FIR was registered against six people, including Abhishek and Avinash Singh, under the Explosive Substances Act and BNS sections 288, 125 and 131 at Kotwali police station.
- The blast struck Tuesday evening in the basement of former MLA Vijay Singh’s four-storey home in Farrukhabad, injuring five of the six present.
- Bomb Disposal Squad and forensic teams, joined by the ATS, examined the site, collected samples and secured CCTV footage as the cause awaits lab findings.
- Officials reported severe damage to the roof, doors and walls, and noted that a gas cylinder found at the scene was intact.
- SP Arti Singh said the injured are stable but not cooperating with the inquiry, while Vijay Singh remains in jail for the 1997 murder of BJP leader Brahmdatt Dwivedi.