Patna serial blasts toll rises to seven

    By IANS,

    Patna : Death toll in the Patna serial blasts rose to seven after an injured man died in Bihar’s Nalanda district, police said Saturday.

    Lakhan Rajvanshi, a resident of Nalanda district’s Pandiptpur area, critically injured in the Patna serial blasts, died Thursday, a police officer said.

    After initial treatment in Patna, Rajvanshi had returned to his village and was being treated at a local hospital, the family members said.

    At least six people were killed and nearly 100 injured in the serial blasts in Patna ahead of a rally addressed by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

    Besides, a suspected bomber was also killed.

    The NIA has arrested four people including Mohammed Imtiyaz Ansari in connection with serial blasts in Patna.

    The NIA is probing into the serial blasts.