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Security beefed up in Maharashtra, Hyderabad
Published on Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 15:15, Updated on Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 19:12 in Nation section
Tags: Uttar Pradesh Blasts, Hyderabad , New Delhi
SECURITY ALERT: Serial blasts rocked 3 cities on UP on Friday afternoon.
New Delhi: Security has been beefed across Maharashtra and Hyderabad following serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police said.
Director General of Police, Maharashtra, P S Pasricha, said the entire police force in the state has been alerted.
When asked if security had been beefed up outside courts in Maharashtra, Pasricha said no specific instructions had been issued regarding security of court buildings.
Five bomb blasts rocked the cities of Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh within minutes of each other on Friday, killing at least 12 people on the spot and injuring several others.
The UP police, however, put the death toll from all the blasts at two. "Two of them were killed in Faizabad while one died in Varanasi. Nobody was killed in Lucknow," Additional DGP (law and order) of UP police, Brij Lal, said. He said there was a real possibility of these being terror attacks.
In Varasani, the blast occurred at a local court premises in the Cantt Area during the busy court hour. Over 2,000 people were present in the court premises when the bomb went off. Early reports said there could be heavy casualties as it occurred in a crowded spot.
(With Agency inputs)
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It is strange that security beefing up is limited to congress ruled states. Why do they think the others are
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The blasts, done by the terrorists must be condemned.
However, Intelligence reports should not be ignored. But Intelligence reports are vague
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