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Union home minister P Chidambaram said

on Thursday that Wednesday's Mumbai

blasts were coordinated terror attack and

that all groups that are capable of carrying

out such blasts are suspects. The home

minister said that the government did not

have any intelligence inputs about

Wednesday's

blast with central and state agencies.

Ammonium nitrate with timer devices were

used in the IEDs in Mumbai, Chidambaram

said. It was not a remotely triggered blast

and the Dadar blast was a low intensity one,

he added.

He put the death toll at 18 and said that the

number of injured stand at 131 including 23

who are seriously in Wednesday's blasts.

Maharashtra chief minister Prithiviraj Chavan

announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh for

families of blast victims.

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Leaders from all political parties

have condemned the serial blasts that

rocked congested areas of Mumbai

Wednesday evening, killing at least 20

people and injuring over 100.

The blasts took place in three areas of south

Mumbai - near Kabutarkhana in Dadar West,

Zaveri Bazar and Opera House, the jewellery

hubs of Mumbai - around 7 p.m.

Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan

condemned the near-simultaneous

explosions causing loss of life and injuries

to innocent citizens.

Sankaranarayanan, who was in Delhi,

rushed back to Mumbai on hearing the

news.

In a statement issued here, he said: "The

news of terrorists striking in the commercial

capital of India in the rush hour of the

evening today is shocking and shows the

desperate levels the terrorists have

stooped."

"I convey my sympathies to the families of

the victims of the blasts and wish speedy

recovery to the injured," he added.

Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar of the

Nationalist Congress Party assured of

thorough investigation into the blasts and

appealed to Mumbaikars to not pay heed to

rumours and stay alert.

"Help will be extended to all victims in all

possible manner. However, it is still early to

tell the hand behind the blasts," he said.

Opposition leader Eknath Khadse of the

Bharatiya Janata party condemned the

attacks. "I sympathise with the relatives of

those killed and injured," he said.

State president of Samajwadi Pary Abu Azmi

said: "Police should be strict in investigating

the bomb blasts that have killed many and

injured more than 100 people," he said.

Azmi appealed to people not to make a

communal issue out of the blasts and help

each other and police in bringing the guilty

to books.

"The blasts should not be associated with

any specific religion or community. The

police should also not catch hold of those

who are not guilty for the crime," Azmi said.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said: "It is

unfortunate and disgusting. I strongly

condemn the blasts."

Former minister of state Gurudas Kamat also

condemned the attacks and said that the

guilty should be brought to book as soon as

possible.

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