Kanpur (UP), Oct 15 (PTI) A 24-year-old man injured in an explosion in a market here has succumbed to his injuries at the King George Medical University in Lucknow, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Abdul Muttalib, one of the eight people injured in the blasts at Moolganj's congested Mishri Bazar here, had suffered more than 50 per cent burns.

"Three of the victims who sustained serious burns were shifted to KGMU, Lucknow, where Abdul Muttalib died during treatment on Tuesday," Additional DCP (East) Anjali Vishwakarma said.

The explosions, which took place just a week back, ripped through the narrow market, injuring eight and damaging several shops and neighbouring houses. Panic gripped the area as the blasts were heard several hundred metres away.

Investigations later stated that t

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