A 19-year-old youth was arrested in connection with the January 7 explosion in north Delhi's Sadar Bazar area in which a person was killed and four others were injured. According to police, the accused, identified as Mohammad Faiz, had given a bag of firecracker explosives to Gulab Madar to dispose them of. When Madar was carrying the bag, the explosion occurred, they said.
Five persons were injured in the incident and Madar succumbed during treatment. Faiz is a resident of Hapur in Uttar Pradesh, they said.
On January 7, the police received information regarding a wall collapse at a building on Qutub Road, Sadar Bazar. After reaching the spot, it was found that the staircase and a side wall had fallen due to a blast, a senior police officer said. Later, a case under various sections of the IPC and the Explosive Act was registered at the Sadar Bazar police station and an investigation was initiated.