<p>A couple of explosions today rocked the Gandhi Maidan in Patna minutes before Narendra Modi was to arrive there to address a rally, creating panic among the large number of people who had assembled for the event.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Plumes of smoke billowed from a couple of sites though there was no report of any casualty.<br /><br />Chaos prevailed on the ground as the explosion triggered panic among people, especially as a crude bomb blast had gone off just hours before at the Patna Railway station, leaving one persons injured. <br /><br />The bomb exploded near the door of a newly created toilet on platform number 10 of Patna junction in which one person was injured, Railway and GRP officials said.<br /><br />The railway station is barely two kilometers from Gandhi Maidan, venue of the 'Hoonkar rally' to be addressed by BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Modi.<br /><br />The injured person who was inside the toilet was first taken to the railway hospital and later rushed to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), R K Singh, spokesman of Danapur Railway division said.<br /><br />Immediatly after the blast, bomb disposal personnel came to the spot and recovered two crude bombs, Railway Superintendent of Police Upendra Kumar Sinha said.<br /><br />All the 11 trains booked by BJP for the rally had arrived much before the blast, Station Manager of Patna Junction Raju Kumar said.<br /><br />Patna City SP Jaykant said that security arrangements had been scaled up at the station.</p>
<p>A couple of explosions today rocked the Gandhi Maidan in Patna minutes before Narendra Modi was to arrive there to address a rally, creating panic among the large number of people who had assembled for the event.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Plumes of smoke billowed from a couple of sites though there was no report of any casualty.<br /><br />Chaos prevailed on the ground as the explosion triggered panic among people, especially as a crude bomb blast had gone off just hours before at the Patna Railway station, leaving one persons injured. <br /><br />The bomb exploded near the door of a newly created toilet on platform number 10 of Patna junction in which one person was injured, Railway and GRP officials said.<br /><br />The railway station is barely two kilometers from Gandhi Maidan, venue of the 'Hoonkar rally' to be addressed by BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Modi.<br /><br />The injured person who was inside the toilet was first taken to the railway hospital and later rushed to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), R K Singh, spokesman of Danapur Railway division said.<br /><br />Immediatly after the blast, bomb disposal personnel came to the spot and recovered two crude bombs, Railway Superintendent of Police Upendra Kumar Sinha said.<br /><br />All the 11 trains booked by BJP for the rally had arrived much before the blast, Station Manager of Patna Junction Raju Kumar said.<br /><br />Patna City SP Jaykant said that security arrangements had been scaled up at the station.</p>