Varanasi: March 7, 2006, exactly 15 years ago, it was the first time when terror struck Varanasi, killing 28 and injuring or maiming over 100 in the twin blasts at Sankat Mochan temple and Cantonment railway station. One more IED was found at Dashashwamedh, but was defused in time. Those at the blast sites still recount the horror vividly.The serial blasts made police realize that the blast at Dashashwamedh Ghat on February 23, 2005, which was till termed LPG cylinder blast, was also a terror attack.
TOI spoke to auto driver Mahendra Prasad, food outlet owner Manoj and others near Cantt railway station and found the horrific memories were still etched somewhere deep even 15 years later.