"Indian Mujahideen" claimed the responsiblity of the blasts

A group called the "Indian Mujahideen" said it carried out the Ahmedabad attack, writing in an e-mail sent five minutes before the first blast that it was in revenge for a 2002 massacre in Gujarat of around 2,500 people, mainly Muslims, by Hindu mobs.
The email sent to various news media read"Do whatever you can, within 5 minutes from now, feel the terror of Death!"
The email from the Indian Mujahideen warned the governments of several states to stop harassing, imprisoning and torturing Muslims and told media outlets to stop their "propaganda war" against Muslims.
It also warned Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries and one of the world's richest men, to think twice before building a luxury 27-storey home on land in Mumbai previously owned by a Muslim charity.
Police also traced the Indian Mujahideen e-mail to a computer belonging to an American, living in a Mumbai suburb, who has been questioned. Local media said his computer may have been hacked.

Ahmedabad blast; the death toll rise to 45

The death toll from a series of bomb blasts in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad climbed to 45 as the provincial government ordered a probe along with federal agencies to search for suspects.

``Investigations with all the concerned agencies at the highest level is going on now,'' Jaynarayan Narmadasankar Vyas, health minister of the Gujarat state, said in a telephone interview from Ahmedabad today. ``The central and state intelligence agencies are coordinating in the probe.''

Terrorist attacks in Indian cities have killed more than 185 people in the past year as bombs strapped to bicycles or hidden under theater seats and near market stalls have targeted civilians. While the government typically blames foreign-trained terrorists, most of the attacks are unsolved.

The dead included three women and two children, N.R. Baraiya, an officer at the police control room in Ahmedabad, said in a telephone interview today. The toll from 16 serial blasts that rocked the city late yesterday mounted as people wounded in the attacks succumbed to injuries in hospitals, he said. City hospitals are treating more than 100 injured in the attacks.

pictures from the blast site

Ahmedebad bomb blasts

Saturday evenin terror struck ahemedabad, when 16 well planned bombs blasts hit the city with in a sapan of one hour.The first bomb ripped of at saturday evening 6.45,followed by a serial of blast at 14 crowded areas including market places in the Gujarat capital. To the present result 45 killed and almost 100 injured. Most of the bombs were placed in bicycles and are co-ordinated to blast during the peak hours of the market. The police however made their first arrest on yesterday s s.ill not able to find any athuenticating clue.
The Union home ministry issued a nation-wide alert on tuesday night .A special advisory has been sent to all the states, especially the BJP-ruled states to be cautious of similar terror attacks.