NEW DELHI, June 28: Two persons were injured when a bomb exploded in a car park near the main entrance to the South Delhi Club in Kailash Colony on Saturday evening.The explosion ripped apart a parked Maruti car and damaged another car next to it. A red alert has been sounded in the Capital. Lalan Yadav, a private security guard at the South Delhi Club, was sitting in the guard room when the bomb went off. Another private security guard, R L Tiwari, was keeping vigil near the entrance to the National Open School building across the road.Both caught the full impact of the explosion as pieces of glass and metal from the shattered cars and nearby buildings fell around them. Yadav and Tiwari sustained deep wounds on their legs, and were rushed to a nearby nursing home. Both were later reported out of danger.Preliminary reports indicate that the bomb was similar to the ones used in the series of blasts which rocked Delhi last year and early this year. Although the results of forensic tests on bombfragments recovered from the site are awaited, police officials say the samples recovered show materials similar to those used in the earlier series of blasts.``Investigations at the site indicate that substances like potassium chlorate, ammonium nitrate and sulphuric acid were used in the bomb, though this has yet to be confirmed,'' said Joint Commissioner of Police (Southern Range) Amod Kanth. The bomb is being described as a `low intensity' device.A few iron nails were also found at the scene. While most of the accused in the earlier blast cases have been nabbed, those responsible for the last explosion at ITO early this year in January are yet to be arrested.Kanth refused to speculate on whether last night's blast was the handiwork of terrorists. ``It is too early to say whether terrorists are involved. But we are looking at this case from every angle.''Police officials say the bomb was in a dark coloured bag and had been placed near the boundary wall of Summerfields School close to the clubin Kailash Colony. Eyewitnesses reportedly told police that two men arrived in a white Gypsy with `Police' painted on it. They got down near the club and placed the bag at the boundary wall. One of the men is being described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, with a beard and aged between 40 and 45 years.Meanwhile, the injured guards gave their statements to the police this afternoon. Yadav, who saw the bag being set down, reportedly told the police that it first caught fire and then exploded. The destroyed car belonged to S Mukherjee, a businessman from C R Park. Another possibility the police are looking at is that Mukherjee or other people whose cars were also damaged were specifically targeted as a result of personal enmity.However, this does not seem to be the case now. ``We spoke to Mukherjee but he has not indicated that there could be anyone with a grudge against him, who might want to do this,'' said Kanth.
