At Sawai Mansing Hospital, the emergency ward was splattered with blood as scores of dead and injured were taken there. Drenched in blood, people were seen running with their mobile phones glued to their ears informing their kin about their condition.

A pool of blood lay outside the Hanuman Temple. Within minutes, the whole temple complex and the market were cleared of the crowd as people ran for safety. Police were seen warning people against touching any unidentified or unclaimed objects.

TERROR TRAIL

2008, Jan 1: The year started with an attack by LeT militants on a CRPF training centre at Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. Seven CRPF personnel and a civilian killed. Militants escape under cover of darkness.

2007, Nov 23:

Simultaneous blasts rock three Uttar Pradesh cities of Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow. 15 people killed.

Oct 13: Blast in Ludhiana’s Shingar cinema hall leaves six dead.

Oct 11: Ajmer Dargah targeted by militants. Two persons killed.

Aug 25: Twin explosions rock Hyderabad. 44 people killed.

May 18: Bomb blast at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad kills 11 people.

Feb 19: Indo-Pak Samjhauta Express hit by terror blasts. 68 people including Pakistani nationals killed.

2006, Sept 8: Twin blasts at a mosque in Malegaon. 30 dead and 100 hurt.

July 11: Seven bombs on Mumbai’s trains kill over 200 and injure 700 others.

March 7: Twin bombings at a train station and a temple in Varanasi kill 20.

2005, Oct 29: Three bombs placed in busy New Delhi markets a day before Diwali kill 62 and injure hundreds.