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Another victim of Delhi HC blast dies, toll 14

September 15, 2011 09:58 IST

Another victim of the Delhi high court blast succumbed to injuries at a hospital in New Delhi on Thursday morning, taking the toll in the terror attack to 14.

Mridul Bakshi, who was seriously injured in the blast on September 7, died at approximately 4 am, doctors at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital said.

Doctors said Mridul, 34, had suffered multiple injuries on his head, chest, hands and legs.

Mridul, a resident of Okhla in south Delhi, is survived by his wife and a six-month-old son.

His brother Vinod Bakshi said that Mridul had gone to the high court on that fateful day for some official work.

While 13 victims of the blast have been recently discharged, 25 others continue to undergo treatment in different city hospitals.

Besides 12 patients who are now admitted at the RML Hospital, four victims are undergoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital, five at AIIMS, two at Max Hospital and one each at Moolchand and LNJP hospitals.

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