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Jilted lover’s blast experiment boomerangs

A minor explosion near the highly-sensitive Air India Colony in Santa Cruz has left the city police in a tizzy.

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A minor explosion near the highly-sensitive Air India Colony in Santa Cruz has left the city police in a tizzy.

The tension was intensified as the blast took place on the eve of senior BJP leader LK Advani’s arrival in the city. A pipe bomb weighing 6 kg was recovered hours before the start of the yatra at Madurai, six days ago.

Secondly, at the same time, a meeting of Left wing activists was going on in the central suburbs. Thirdly, there is a mosque at a distance of over 100 meters from the blast spot.

However, what the police later found out really left them baffled.

A special team comprising additional commissioner of police VN Patil, inspector Prakash Patil, assistant police inspector Nitin Patil and Manish Awde which carried out the investigation learned that one Suraj Shetty, 20, was in love with one of his classmates for the past six years. However, the girl’s parents were against their relationship and had even fixed her marriage with someone else.

Shetty then decided to teach the family a lesson and therefore wanted to explode a bomb in their car.

According to ACP Patil, Shetty took the help of his polio-inflicted friend Sanjay Salvi, 31. The duo purchased a remote-controlled toy helicopter for Rs 1,100 and used its circuit for making an IED. “The explosives were sourced from the crackers,” said Patil.

The accused had planned to place the IED on the petrol tank of the girl’s family car on the day of her marriage or even before, if the need arises.

The police said the incident took place when the duo was taking a trial. While Salvi was carrying the IED on his wheelchair, Shetty followed him on his motorbike. “However, the explosive went as Salvi wrongly pressed the joy stick early, leading to the blast,” said Patil. 

Shetty rushed Salvi to the nearby civic hospital. However, the police got suspicious on finding scattered IED pieces on the spot. Their first breakthrough came when one of Salvi’s relatives informed the police about their plan.

Though Shetty did not budge during the initial police interrogation, confessed to the crime early on Friday, leading to his arrest. The duo has been charged with attempt to murder.

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