Blast at Ghaziabad police outpost: police say cause not yet established; online claim of responsibility unverified

An explosion at the Vasundhara police outpost in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, at about 9 pm on Friday, 6 November, damaged windows and injured a delivery worker, according to police quoted by Eastern Mirror and The Sunday Guardian, which also reports a cracked wall. This piece is as of the evening of 7 November; the cause had not been established in these reports.

What police have said

Commissioner J. Ravinder Goud said the explosion was reported near the rear wall of the outpost, which falls under Indirapuram police station, and that a sub-inspector and a delivery worker were at the location (Eastern Mirror). He said the bomb-disposal squad and forensic team were collecting evidence and that the investigation had not yet revealed the cause. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Trans Hindon Zone) Rijul said glass hit the delivery worker's head and he was stable; "prima facie, a blast in the AC unit is suspected", he told HT, per The Sunday Guardian. That report says the blast broke two window panes and cracked a wall. Asianet Newsable says no explosive material, gunpowder or residue was found at the scene, and that police took possession of a suspicious two-wheeler parked on the elevated road for checking.

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad and a dog squad searched the area, and a Delhi Police Special Cell team reached the site on Saturday, per Eastern Mirror.

The claim of responsibility

After the blast, a post on X claimed that an organisation calling itself Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen Hindustan was behind it; police have not verified the claim and are checking whether it connects to the explosion (The Sunday Guardian). Asianet Newsable reports, citing sources, that agencies have not identified any organisation called "Tehreek-e-Mujahideen" (its spelling; The Sunday Guardian gives Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen Hindustan) and are verifying who posted it.

Where the reports differ

The IANS report, carried by The Shillong Times and Eastern Mirror, says officials told it that no police personnel were inside the outpost when the blast occurred and that the explosion damaged windows and the air conditioning units there. The same reports quote Goud as saying a sub-inspector and the delivery worker were "present at the location". The Sunday Guardian says a sub-inspector and the delivery worker were inside.