Nitish calls for security enhancement post serial blasts in Bodh Gaya

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who today visited Bodh Gaya for an on the spot assessment of the situation after the serial blasts, appealed to the Centre to give the security responsibility of the attacked temple to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

"After today's incident, the security will be strengthened. And I would want and appeal to the Central Government that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) should take the responsibility of security of the temple as amongst all the installations related to security it is the most powerful," he told the media here.

Kumar further said the guilty would be duly punished.

"All the necessary investigations related to this blast will take place and all of us together along with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and our state police will surely find out whoever is involved in this heinous crime and will give strict punishment," he said.

Eight serial explosions rocked the internationally renowned temple town of Bodhgaya, including four in the Mahabodhi Temple complex, injuring two monks in the blasts suspected to be engineered by some terrorist organisation.

While four blasts took place inside the Mahabodhi Temple complex, three occurred in Karmapa monastery, one each near the 80-ft Buddha statue and at the bus stand near bypass. The blasts took place between 5:30 to 5:58 a.m.

The injured have been rushed to the Magadh Hospital for treatment.