Over 25 people are reported to be killed in a series of four bomb blasts in Malegaon town, 260 km northeast of Mumbai. Curfew has been imposed in the town immediately after the blasts fearing communal tension.
The blasts came days after intelligence agencies warned of more terrorist attacks across the country mainly on economic and religious places as well as on nuclear installations.
The country is on a heightened security alert after a series of bombs on commuter trains in Mumbai that killed 186 people in July. Islamist militant groups with links across the border in Pakistan took the responsibility of attacks.
Malegaon which has 75 % Muslim population has suffered religious violence in the past. In May, police recovered a cache of explosives and automatic rifles from the region based on information they said was provided by arrested Islamist militants.
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