Hyderabad bomb blasts: Home Minister says families of the dead to get compensation of Rs 8 lakh

Hyderabad: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde visited the blast site in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar area today and later spoke to the media. Highlights from his press conference:

• We visited both the blast sites today and then met some of the injured in hospitals.
• 14 people were killed and 119 were injured in the blasts.
• Of the injured, six are critical.
• There was no specific intelligence alert about a possible terror attack in Hyderabad. It was a general alert across the country.
• Too early and improper to say that the state police failed.
• Those who died have been given a compensation of Rs 6 lakh by the Andhra Pradesh government and Rs 2 lakh by the Prime Minister.
• The state government will bear the medical expense of all persons injured.