Pune blasts: Four explosions in 40 minutes
Four low-intensity blasts were reported in Pune on Wednesday evening. The explosions reportedly took place in a span of seven minutes on the city's busy Junglee Maharaj Road.
Aug 01, 2012 20:44 IST
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Four low-intensity blasts rocked Pune's busy Junglee Maharaj Road during rush hour in a span of 40 minutes on Wednesday evening. Two other bombs were defused. One person was injured in the blasts.
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The blasts took place outside the Balgandharva auditorium used to stage plays, at a statue near that theatre, opposite a McDonalds outlet and near a bank.
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One of the bombs, placed on a cycle, was hooked up to sophisticated circuitry, say sources.
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The Anti-Terror Squad reached the location of the blasts. They are examining CCTV footage from the branch of McDonald's where one of the explosion took place.
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The Army has also sent a bomb disposal squad to the blast site at the request of the local administration. Pune is the Southern Command headquarters of the Indian Army.
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Home Secretary RK Singh told PTI that a terror angle cannot be ruled out as it appears to be a planned attack.
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In February 2010, 17 people were killed in a bomb blast at the popular German Bakery near Pune's famous Osho ashram. After being arrested in the US, Lashkar –e-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley confessed to having filmed the bakery to help in the planning and execution of the terror attack.
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Photo sent by Dharmesh Thakkar @news_houndz
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Photo sent by Dharmesh Thakkar @news_houndz
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Police and bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) examine a dustbin on Junglee Maharaj road where one of the blasts took place on Wednesday evening.
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