Five injured in explosion at Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe: reports

Five people were injured in an explosion at a popular eatery joint in Bengaluru's Whitefield area. It is not known what caused the explosion at The Rameshwaram Cafe, but police suspect that the minor blast might have been triggered by to short-circuit or a gas cylinder.

The explosion at Rameshwaram Cafe at Kundanahalli led to a blaze. Police and Fire personnel have rushed to the spot.

"We received a call about a cylinder blast in Rameshwaram cafe. Immediately, a fire engine was rushed to the spot. Initial suspicions are that it is a cylinder blast. However, it is being ascertained. It is a minor blast and we have shifted those injured to the hospital. The incident occurred between 1.30 and 2 pm. We are probing it from all angles," a police officer told PTI news agency.

Divya Raghavendra, the founder and managing director of the cafe, told the Deccan Herald newspaper that two blasts occurred in the handwash area and there were no LPG cylinders there. Police said that three of the injured were employees of the cafe.

Police, along with the forensic team, are currently on the spot.