Malegaon (Maharashtra): After a confusion of nearly 24 hours over the number of blasts, police on Saturday said there had been four explosions in Malegaon on Friday afternon that killed 31 persons and injured nearly 300.
Till Saturday morning, Government authorities and the police were maintaining that only two blasts took place, one at Bada Kabristan, where people had gathered to offer prayers for the `Shab-e-Barat' ceremony, and the second at nearby Mushaira Chowk.
However, Mumbai's Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief, K P Raghuvanshi, who is in the town, told PTI that four blasts took place.
"Three of them took place inside the Kabrastan, while one took place at Mushaira Chowk," he said.
The ATS chief also said that a low-intensity explosive was used in the devices to trigger the blasts.
Raghuvanshi said it was too premature to comment on suspected involvement of groups in the blasts till the forensic reports provided an idea on the nature of explosives used in the devices.
State police sources, meanwhile, said one bomb each was placed on a bicycle at Bada Kabrastan and Mushaira Chowk, while the other two bombs that exploded at Bada Kabrastan were planted in the vicinity of the compound wall of the Kabrastan.
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