Two minor-intensity bomb blasts today rocked the Chennai Central Railway station claiming one life and leaving 14 others injured. The police detained a suspect and he was being questioned.
A 22-year-old woman passenger, identified as Swathi, bound for Guntur via Vijaywada, was killed in the explosions. It occurred in the S4 and S5 coaches of Bangalore -Guwahati train in quick succession.

The injured, including two grievously hurt, have been rushed to the state-run Rajiv Gandhi Hospital. Doctors said they were out of danger.Most of the injured belong to other states. Students who were to participate in a Karate competition were also among the injured.

The train arrived from Bangalore at the Railway station, at about 7.05 AM, and the explosions occurred at about 7.15 AM.

Police rushed to the spot and cordoned off the entire area.

Tamil Nadu DGP K Ramanujam said a special investigation team would investigate the blasts and added that Chennai was not the target.
He said police had no immediate information on who was responsible for the explosion.

Railway Minister M Mallikarjun Kharge, expressing shock over the incident, announced one lakh rupees ex-gratia to the family of the woman killed in the explosion.

He said 25,000 rupees will be given to those seriously injured and 5,000 rupees to those with minor injuries.
Kharge said the Railway will bear the entire treatment expenses of the injured.

Commissioner Railway Safety (southern circle) will conduct an inquriy into the incident, a Railway Spokesperson said.
The incident comes in the wake of the arrest of Mohammed Zakir Hussain a Srilankan who was arrested by the Tamilnadu Police yesterday. He was suspected to have links with the ISI and had allegedly conducted a reconnaisance mission as part of a conspiracy to attack foreign missions in South India.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has orderd a CB-CID probe into explosions.