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Patna greets Modi with blasts

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Patna: Five people were killed on Sunday in seven low intensity serial blasts in Patna of which six bombs went off in and around the venue of Narendra Modi’s mega rally at Gandhi Maidan shortly before his address before a huge gathering.

A total of 83 people were also injured in the bomb explosions between 9:30 am and 12:45 pm in which timers were also used.

Just a couple of hours before the six multiple explosions, a crude bomb went off in a newly constructed toilet at Platform 10 at the Patna railway station, two km from the venue BJP’s ‘Hunkar(battle cry) rally’ of the party’s prime ministerial candidate.

Four people have been detained in Patna, police said, adding that one of them caught fleeing from the blast at the railway station appears to be the prime suspect.

Some documents and a list of telephone numbers were recovered from the prime suspect whose identity was not revealed.(PTI)

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