Today on 24th august 2008 , a bomb blast in Kanpur killed 2 people . The Bomb blast took place in a room of Mishra hostel in Shardanagar's Rajiv Nagar area in Kanpur City. Son of Hoster Owner died on the spot and his friend has seriously injured. Police found bomb making materials like three kgs of lead cyanate, 11 country-made grenade, one kg of explosives, gelatine sticks and seven timers at the bomb blast site in Kanpur.