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Updated on: 18 April,2010 02:03 AM IST  | 
Manjunath Hanji |

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Cricket before bombs



While two explosives went off just before the match started, another bomb was detected and defused while the match was on. According to the police, the defused bomb was to go off at 8 pm after the match ended, when the crowds were leaving the stadium.u00a0 "It wasn't possible thanks to the discipline among the crowd. Hats off to them," said Shankar M Bidri, city police commissioner.

The bomb detective squad have found explosives containing ammonium nitrate and glycerin and are probing similarities to the serial blasts two years ago. "It seems to be the handiwork of mischievous elements, but we are also considering the possibility of subversive elements," said Alok Kumar, joint commissioner of police.

Rumours suspecting terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen did the rounds but the police remained non-committal.

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