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Mumbai: The explosive devices that killed 31 people in Malegaon possibly contained RDX and were "identical" to the bombs used in the blasts on commuter trains on July 11, top police sources said on Sunday.

"Not only are the devices used in the two attacks (in Malegaon and Mumbai) quite identical, and in the Malegaon blasts, the use of RDX is becoming evident," a top police official supervising the probe into the bombings told PTI.

The forensic tests are now prompting investigators to probe the possibility of the perpetrators of the two attacks being the same persons or belonging to the same terrorist group, the sources said.

Investigators have also questioned some persons in Malegaon in connection with the use of two bicycles that were found at the site of the blasts and are believed to have been used to transport the explosive devices.

Thirty-one people were killed and nearly 300 injured in the four blasts near Noorani mosque, a nearby graveyard and the busy Mushaira Chowk in Malegaon on Friday.

A team from the Anti-Terrorism Squad is currently in Malegaon gathering clues and looking for leads in the case.

The Maharashtra government has announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for information leading to the attackers.