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The death toll in Wednesday's blast outside the Delhi High Court today rose to 12 with one of the victims succumbing to injuries at a hospital here.
A man injured in the blast breathed his last at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital this morning, police sources said.
The man, who was in his mid-30s, is yet to be identified.
A high intensity briefcase bomb ripped through the crowded reception area in the Delhi High Court yesterday where 75 people were injured in the blast that took place between Gate No. 4 and 5 when around 200 visitors, mostly
litigants, were waiting in queue to get passes to enter the premises. Several lawyers were also present at that time.
litigants, were waiting in queue to get passes to enter the premises. Several lawyers were also present at that time.
Delhi Police has released sketches of two people suspected of planting the bomb in a suitcase outside the court, just two km away from Parliament House.
The sketches of a 26-year-old and a 50-year-old man were prepared following the description provided by some eye- witnesses who claimed that they have seen a person in white shirt with a briefcase standing in the queue for entry passes.
The probe into the blast was handed over by Government to the National Investigation Agency(NIA) whose Chief S C Sinha said a 20-member team headed by a DIG has been formed.
Home Minister P Chidambaram said the blast was of "high intensity" and called it a "terrorist attack".
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