Fresh blast rocks Indian capital

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<h3>Fresh blast rocks Indian capital (East Delhi - 3rd bomb blast over movie)</h3>

 

 

The cinema blasts occurred within

minutes of each other

 

 

One person has been injured in an explosion in the Indian capital Delhi - just hours after two bomb attacks on cinemas showing a controversial film.

 

 

The blast occurred when a man opened an abandoned handbag near a railway crossing in eastern Delhi, police said.

 

One person was killed and at least 49 injured in blasts at two cinemas were showing a film criticised by Sikh leaders for denigrating their faith.

 

Officials say they do not know who was behind the apparently linked blasts.

 

Authorities began to shut all cinema halls across the city following the blasts and security forces in the capital were put on high alert.

 

<h4>Panic</h4>

 

The latest blast occurred in the residential district of Nand Nagri at about 0545 local time (0015 GMT), police said.

 

The man was taken to a local hospital with face and arm injuries.

 

Police sealed off the area and launched an investigation.

 

India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil, meanwhile, said all the people wounded in the cinema blasts were being treated in hospital.

 

"The injuries to the people are not life threatening, and they are out of danger," the minister said.

 

The two explosions occurred within minutes of each other, causing panic among the cinema goers.

 

<h4>Film protests</h4>

 

The film, Jo Bole So Nihal, was withdrawn from theatres across the largely Sikh state of Punjab last week, following protests.

 

The highest decision-making body of the Sikh religion said the title misused a battle-cry.

 

The film was showing for the first time in Delhi this weekend.