Preliminary investigations into a blast that occurred on October 20 at an under-construction building in east Bengaluru, in which two workers from UP and Assam were injured, have revealed that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) disguised as a torch caused the explosion, The Indian Express has learnt.

One of the injured, Suraj Kumar (28), a painter from Gorakhpur, suffered the brunt of the impact, losing two fingers, along with severe burns and shrapnel wounds on his face, head and chest. The other, Alauddin Barbhaij (53) from Dimapur, a security guard at the seven-storey building site in Pulakeshinagar, suffered a minor injury on his eye, said sources in hospitals that treated them.

Police sources told this newspaper that Barbhaij, who had been working at the construction site for around 15 days, obtained a parcel on the afternoon of October 20 at the ground floor of the site.…