The medium intensity explosions, the first major terror attack since the serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh in November last year, threw life out of gear in Jaipur and prompted a nation-wide alert to be sounded.
Anti-riot police were deployed in some of the crowded areas of the famous 'pink city' to thwart any possible retaliation or riots, and the entire walled city area where the blasts occurred was cordoned off.
