A series of blasts went off at the holy Buddhist site of Bodh Gaya in Bihar, India, on Sunday morning. The site includes the Mahabodhi temple and the Bodhi tree, which Buddhists believe is where Buddha attained enlightenment. Neither suffered any damage.
The Times of India cited police officials as saying four blasts went off in total - three at the Karmapa monastery, and one near the statue of the Buddha. Three other live bombs were recovered and defused.
On Monday, India's Home Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde, a total of 13 bombs were planted inside the temple complex.
Shinde said:
"Today, I have the information of 10 blasts. A total of 13 bombs were placed there. I will not go into details where they were kept and all. Two persons have been injured — 50-year-old Dorji and Bala Sanga [30],"
On Monday, India's NIA reportedly detained one person in connection with the explosions. A senior police official said:
"One suspect hailing from Barachatti block in Gaya has been detained and we are questioning him. We have been analysing the footage and based on that some more people would be questioned soon,"
"All the CCTV cameras in the Mahabodhi temple premises were fully functional. As you must have seen in the CCTV footage, both state security personnel and temple's own security personnel were present. I don't think there was any lapse on security front."