Nation-wide alert as blasts rock Jaipur, over 30 killed

Tue, May 13 09:31 PM

The Union Home Ministry sounded a nation-wide alert following the serial bomb blasts in Jaipur killing over two dozen and injuring scores.

"The Home Ministry is keeping a close watch on the situation in the Pink City," a senior MHA official said, adding that an alert has been sounded in all states.

Senior Home Ministry officials, including Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, immediately got in touch with the state government and asked them to beef up security arrangements.

Terrorists set off six bomb blasts at crowded markets in the Walled City within a span of ten minutes killing and wounding several people.

MHA spokesman said Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who was on a two-day visit to Northeast, condemned the blasts. He was also in touch with his ministry officials.

Bomb data squad of the elite National Security Guards has been rushed to the Pink City.

Police said at least 30 people have been killed and 100 others wounded in five bomb blasts that ripped through crowded areas of a city.

K. Jain, a top police official in Jaipur, says Tuesday's explosions took place in markets and several other areas of the historic city in Rajashtan, a region dotted with palaces and ancient cities that draw hundreds of thousands of Indian and foreign tourists every year.

Rajasthan's police chief A.S. Gill says at least 30 people were confirmed dead in the blasts.

(Input from Ap)

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