Pune:
In Pune, supporters of activist Anna Hazare have been asked to cancel their protest. Their demonstration was being held near the Balgandharva theatre, one of the places where four bombs exploded last night in a span of 40 minutes on the city's busy Jangli Maharaj Road. The police has withdrawn the permission granted to them for their public gathering.
One person was injured in the low-intensity blasts. Dayanand Patil, a tailor, said that he put his bag down at the site of the protests organised by India Against Corruption. When he picked it up, his bag - which felt much heavier - exploded. He is in a local hospital.
The activists had organised a satellite protest to support 75-year-old Anna, who is on a hunger strike against corruption with his aides in Delhi.
The National Investigating Agency, the Anti-Terror Squad in Maharashtra and the Pune police are trying to identify who caused the blasts, which took place within hours of Sushil Kumar Shinde taking office as India'a new Home Mniister.
Mr Shinde was meant to travel to Pune last evening, but cancelled his plans hours before the explosions. "The fact that it (the blasts) happened in a radius of less than a km and in less than 45 minutes shows there was planning behind it," said Home secretary RK Singh, who yesterday said that he could not rule out an attempt at a terror attack.