Blasts in Mumbai

Three serial blasts rocked Mumbai took place around 7 pm on Wednesday.

Two explosions occurred in Dadar in Central Mumbai and Zaveri Bazar in South Mumbai. Reports suggest another 100 have been injured in another blast at the Opera House on Charni Road.

The first explosion took place in south Mumbai’s Zaveri Bazaar, near the famous Mumbadevi temple, in which at least four people were feared killed and about 15 to 20 people have taken to hospital, said Mumbai Police spokesperson Nisar Tamboli. The bustling market also has a number of jewellery shops.

Reports say that the Dadar blast took place in a car near a bus-stop and three people are dead. There has been no official confirmation so far.

Police sources said the nature and intensity of the blasts was not known.

All states have been kept at high alert.

A team of National Investigative Agency is headed towards Mumbai. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police have cordoned off the areas where the blasts took place.

All the celebrities have started sharing comments on social networking sites:

Amitabh Bachchan: T 431 -Bomb blasts in Mumbai .. !! God ! I hope people are safe!!

Krishnan Guru-Murthy: 3 mumbai blasts carefully spaced geographically – will split security resources and cause mayhem across the city. number killed unclear

Barkha Dutt: Multiple blasts in mumbai at dadar, zaveri bazaar and opera house. One was bomb. Hark back to horrid memories again.

Mumbai Central: Please stay indoors – in Mumbai blasts come in 7s.

Smita Prakash: Confirmed that this is a terror attack. Mumbai again target of serial blasts.

Akshay Kapoor: Blasts in Mumbai, I hope everybody is safe… Sad; Just kill the culprits this time, No tolerance please.