Explosives found in Mumbai rail station
Police recovered several powerful explosives from a crowded railway station in India's financial capital yesterday, days after twin blasts in one of Hinduism's holiest cities killed 23 people.
The explosives were hidden in the toilet of the Byculla station in southern Mumbai, used by hundreds of thousands of commuters every day and close to the heart of the city.
An official at the bomb squad control room said crowds of people were cleared from a nearby beach where the explosives were destroyed with a controlled blast.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Mumbai police chief A.N. Roy said police were on high alert after Tuesday's blasts in the holy city of Varanasi that killed 15.
"Besides the explosives, we also found bomb-making material," Roy said.
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