IN PHOTOS | Kanpur explosion: Police collect evidence from blast site, rule out terror angle

Updated On: 09 October, 2025 06:38 PM IST | Tarun Verma

A massive explosion occurred in the congested Mishri Bazaar near a mosque in Kanpur. The police have ruled out terror angle in the incident and said the explosion took place owing to illegal firecracker storage (PICS/PTI)

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Police personnel and forensic experts at the spot of explosion in Mishri Bazar area of Kanpur on Wednesday. Pic/PTI

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Police personnel and forensic experts investigate the area where explosion took place in Kanpur on Wednesday

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Crime Branch and ATS personnel investigate the spot following an explosion in Mishri Bazar area, in Kanpur, on Uttar Pradesh, Thursday

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"No evidence of any terrorist organisation or extremist involvement has been found. This was an accident caused by illegal firecracker storage," Commissioner of Police (Kanpur) Raghubir Lal said

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Kanpur Police review CCTV footage on Wednesday at the site of explosion. They claimed that the blast was triggered by a cardboard box kept outside a toy shop, not by any vehicle

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Family members of the injured rush to the hospital after learning about the explosion

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Dotors treat an injured person in a hospital after the explosion

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One of the injured persons in the hospital

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