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Karnataka DGP says locals involved in Bangalore serial blasts

Bangalore PoliceBangalore, July 26 : Definite leads have emerged from Friday''s eight bomb explosions in Bangalore in which one person -- an old woman - was killed and several were injured, said Karnataka''s police chief, R. Srikumar, on Saturday.

Karnataka''s Director-General of Police and Inspector General of Police Srikumar said the investigations on the bomb blasts is progressing fast and the police has got definite clues about the people involved in the cowardly act.

Police obtain leads in Bangalore blasts, prepare sketch of suspect

BangaloreNew Delhi  - Police in India's southern city of Bangalore Saturday said the eight bombs that hit the city a day earlier were "professionally assembled" and claimed they had a suspect behind the blasts, media reports said.

According to the Indian Home Ministry, two people were killed and six injured in the low-intensity blasts triggered by timer devices near bus stations and crowded places in Bangalore.

The city, capital of the southern Karnataka state is considered India's information technology capital as many foreign and domestic IT and software firms are based there.

Sitaram Yechury rebuts allegations on speaker''s office comment

Bangalore, July 26 : Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury today strongly refuted a report in which he was quoted saying that the Speaker''s office was involved in the cash-for-

Another live bomb in Bangalore defused

BangaloreNew Delhi, July 26: A day after series of eight low intensity bomb blasts hit Bangalore city, killing two people and wounding at least 15, another live bomb was found near Forum Mall in city’s Koramangla area.

The bomb has now been defused.

Police cordoned off the area and blocked the entire stretch leading to the mall. Traffic has been diverted from Hosur Road and Koramangla.

Bangalore Police Commissioner Shankar Bidri also reached the area and urged the locals to remain calm.

The object found today is similar to the one used in Friday’s blasts, said police.

Blast-hit Karnataka initiates probe

KarnatakaBangalore, July 26: Karnataka government has ordered a probe after eight small bombs exploded in quick succession across Bangalore city, killing two people and wounding at least 15 people.

Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa asked a special team to lead the probe.

He informed, "We have given Rs. one lakh to the families of the dead and 25-50 thousand rupees to the injured. Police and other officials have been directed to monitor the situation round the clock. I have also directed to constitute special team to nab the culprits."

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