Four low-intensity
blasts within a one-km range on the busy Junglee Maharaj Road were
witnessed in Pune on Wednesday while one person was confirmed to be
injured in the incident, Pune Police Commissioner Gulabrao Pol has ruled
out the terror angle and stated that it was a case of mischief.
The explosions were set off by pencil cell detonators placed in a plastic bag, a dustbin and in cycles at two locations, police said.
The explosions were set off by pencil cell detonators placed in a plastic bag, a dustbin and in cycles at two locations, police said.
Speaking to reporters at the blast site, Pol said, “The situation is under control. There is no need to panic.”
The
Pune ATS and teams from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from
Mumbai and Delhi will investigate the matter further, he said.
The
first explosion occurred around 7.30 p.m. near Balgandharva Rang
Mandir, an auditorium on Junglee Maharaj Road. Dayanand Patil, who was
injured in the blast, was carrying a cake box kept in a plastic bag,
police said.
He was admitted to Sassoon Hospital, where the police recorded the evidence.
According
to the police, the second explosion occurred in a dustbin outside the
popular fast food joint McDonald’s. Soon after, the third and fourth
blasts went off at Dena Bank and Garware Chowk, in the same vicinity,
with the explosive material planted in cycles.
Another
bomb was defused by the police within the next one hour. The number of
injured might have been higher, but have not been reported as they were
minor injuries. 
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