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Ahmedabad serial blasts: Army conducts flag march

Army on Sunday conducted flag march in sensitive areas of the city, which was rocked by 16 serial blasts, police said.

Updated on: Jul 27, 2008, 13:12:35 IST
PTI | By , Ahmedabad
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Army on Sunday conducted flag march in sensitive areas of the city, which was rocked by 16 serial blasts, police said.

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"As a precautionary measures army has been called in and its personnel are conducting flag march in sensitive areas of the city," Additional Commissioner of Police Mohan Jha told PTI.

The administration fear that there might be repercussions of the blasts in form of communal clashes, once the post-mortem are conducted and bodies are handed over to relatives for cremations.

At present the situation is under control and no untoward incident has taken place so far, Jha said.

Sixteen serial blasts had rocked the city yesterday killing at least 38 persons and injuring 162.

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