New Delhi, Feb. 16: Tal Yehoshua Koren, the Israeli defence attaché’s wife who was injured in Monday’s sticky bomb blast, remained in hospital yesterday but is recovering well, doctors said.

Driver Manoj Sharma, who has been working for the couple for a year, was discharged this afternoon. He left Chanakyapuri’s Primus Super Specialty Hospital in a car with relatives but stopped a little distance away to speak to reporters.

Asked to recount what happened, Sharma said he had heard the sound of something being slapped on the car but did not connect that anyone could be following the embassy vehicle.

“Yes, I heard a noise, like a thappad (slap). There was traffic, and I couldn’t go anywhere. There was no time to react as the explosion happened soon after. I asked around for help, but no one volunteered,” he said.

“I realised Madam was more injured than I, so I got her into an auto and took her to the embassy. From there, we were both taken to hospital. It was my duty to take her to safety. That’s what I did.”

Sharma refused to divulge whether he had been questioned in hospital. But sources indicated that Delhi police’s special cell and Israeli agents had briefed him. He has apparently been told to move to his father’s house in Faridabad and not remain in Delhi’s Vasant Gaon where he lives with his wife.

“I will work for the Israeli embassy if they call me back,” Sharma said, in fluent English. A medical bulletin issued by Primus said Yehoshua Koren was stable and recovering.

“She is alert, conscious and comfortable. Wounds are healing and there is no sign of infection after the liver injury. She is showing initial signs of recovery and is stable,” N.D Khurana, the medical superintendent of Primus hospital, said.

Yehoshua Koren had undergone surgery to remove shrapnel in her spine. The shrapnel had injured a nerve, causing weakness in her left leg.

“We want to make sure that there are no secondary infections. We will retain her for a couple of days,” Khurana said.