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Varanasi: One child has been killed and at least 32 others injured in a terror strike reportedly carried out by
Indian Mujahideen outside a temple at Shitla Ghat in Varanasi on Tuesday evening.
Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the blast that took place near a temple on Tuesday evening at around 6:35 PM just five minutes after the Ganga Aarti.
Union Home Secretary GK Pillai told CNN-IBN that the blast was a terror strike carried out by Indian Mujhaideen.
The Chief Medical Officer of Varanasi confirmed that a two-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries. Thirty-two people including five or six foreign tourists were injured in the blast.
The home ministry has sounded a nationwide alert with special stress on four major cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad - in wake of the blast in Varanasi. "A general alert has been sent to all state governments and they have been asked to stay on high alert," Union Home Secretary G K
Security stepped up in Delhi after Varanasi blast
Pillai said in New Delhi. "It was low intensity blast which occurred at about 6.20 pm in which three-four people were injured. Subsequently we understand there could have been a stampede...as a result 15-20 people were injured. So roughly 20-25 people injured," he said.
According to home ministry sources, alerts have been issued to the four metropolis in particular.
They said a high-level team of the National Investigation Agency is also likely to visit the holy town.
Secretary for Internal Security at MHA, U K Bansal said, "We had alerted Uttar Pradesh Police sometime back. I am sure the UP police will take it as a challenge. There is no reason for panic."
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