Mumbai: Three people, including a police constable, were injured in a low-intensity bomb blast at a parking lot at Pharaskhana police station in Pune on Thursday afternoon, police said.

Police said the improvised explosive device (IED) with shrapnel and lead pellets was placed in a container on a motorcycle in the parking lot.

No organisation has claimed responsibility.

Maharashtra’s home minister R.R. Patil said, “The angle of terror attack is being investigated but can’t confirm or deny at this stage."

Pharaskhana police station is next to a well-known temple, the Dagdusheth Halwai Ganesh temple, in the old city area of Pune.

In 2010, Indian Mujahideen terrorists tried to plant a bomb at this temple when they set off an explosion at the German Bakery eatery, which killed 17 people and injured 60.

However security guards and local shop-keepers foiled the attempt.

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