Pune blast death toll rises to 15

The toll in the Pune blast on Sunday rose to 15,with two students succumbing to their injuries. 24-year-old Vikas Tulsiyani,hailing from Pune,breathed his last on Sunday morning at the Jehangir hospital,police said.

Symbiosis college student Rajeev Agarwal (23),who was also admitted to Jehangir hospital on the night of February 13 when a bomb exploded in the German Bakery in Koregaon Park area,died last night.

A bomb exploded in the German Bakery in Pune injuring up to 53 persons. Foreigners were among the casualties including an Italian woman and two students hailing from Sudan and Iran.

It’s been a week since the blast and different investigating agencies have involved themselves in the probe. The blast is seen as the first big attack on the country since the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.