Pune blast toll rises to 15

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Feb 21, 2010, 04:10 PM IST

The deceased, 23-year-old Rajeev Agarwal, a student of Symbiosis, and 24-year-old Vikas Tulsiyani from DY Patil college, hailed from Kolkata and Delhi respectively.

Two more persons -- both students -- succumbed to their injuries in a hospital here today, taking the death toll in the February 13 terror attack on the German Bakery to 15, hospital sources said.

The deceased, 23-year-old Rajeev Agarwal -- a student of Symbiosis, and 24-year-old Vikas Tulsiyani from D Y Patil college, hailed from Kolkata and Delhi respectively, they said.

The parents of both the deceased had already arrived in the city to complete the formalities, they said.

Over 50 persons were injured in the explosion that shattered the popular eatery in the Koregaon Park area. 

Two siblings hailing from Kolkata -- Anandi (19), a student of BA first year at Fergusson college here and Ankit Dhar (23) hailing from Kolkata, were killed in the blast on the same day.

The blast has also claimed lives of three foreigners -- a 26-year-old Sudanese student Amjad Elgazoli, an Italian woman
Nadia Macerini and an Iranian man Sayyed Syed Khani.