Bus driver threw the bomb bag

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Casualties were averted in a bus in the Okhla area of south Delhi due to the alertness of passengers and the driver and the conductor who threw out the bag containing the explosives before it exploded.

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The bus was travelling on the Outer Mudrika route when an unidentified man entered the bus from the Kalkaji Mandir stop.

Later a passenger saw an unclaimed bag under a seat and alerted the driver Kuldeep and the conductor Budh Prakash. The driver stopped the bus and on checking he found explosives inside it.

The driver and the conductor carried the bag outside the bus and threw it away which exploded immediately on landing.

The driver and the conductor received minor injuries and are being treated at AIIMS.