Couple mistakes Delhi blast for transformer burst, continues engagement ceremony

While the DJ stopped for a while after the Delhi blast, people looked around and went back to their celebration.

As DJ beats played and a young couple exchanged rings at the Jain Sports Club in Chandni Chowk on Monday, a blast ripped through the night less than a hundred metres away.

The family mistook the thunderous sound for a transformer or cylinder burst and continued to finish the ceremony, locals claimed.

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The security guard of the 1932-established sports club said, "It was chaos when the blast occurred. Most of us mistook the sound to be of a cylinder burst. Who would think something of this scale could happen on such a mundane day?"

He recalled that he had been on duty till 6 pm that evening while the wedding functions were underway in