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Entire Pune not the target, says Pawar

February 13, 2010 23:05 IST
It is not right to conclude after Saturday evening's blast that entire Pune city was targetted, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said.

"It is not all right to arrive at the conclusion that the entire Pune city has been targetted," Pawar said, adding that the place where the blast took place was an isolated area.

"I have spoken to Home Minister R R Patil, district guardian minister Ajit Pawar and the district collector (about the blast)," Pawar said.

On American terror suspect David Headley's visits to the Osho Ashram located near German Bakery in Koregaon Park, the target of the bomb blast, Pawar said, "I have no information as yet to reach this conclusion."

Expressing confidence that the people of Pune will face the incident bravely, Pawar said, "When I was chief mMinister, Mumbai saw 11 simultaneous blasts but everything returned to normal soon."

There is no need for Pune's residents to panic, Pawar said.

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