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PM arrives in Hyderabad, to visit blast sites

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Feb 24 2013 | 11:35 AM IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today arrived here from Delhi in a special aircraft to visit Thursday's blast sites in the city.
Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimham, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and other dignitaries received him at the Begumpet airport.
Singh took a chopper to Victoria Memorial Home and from there he will go to Dilshuknagar where two bombs had exploded within a span of minutes on Thursday killing 16 people and leaving 117 injured.
The Prime Minister will also pay a visit to two private hospitals where some of the blast victims are being treated, a senior government official said.
After visiting hospitals, Singh is scheduled to go back to Victoria Memorial and fly back to the Begumpet airport to leave for Delhi in the afternoon.

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First Published: Feb 24 2013 | 11:35 AM IST

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