Dhaka condemns Hyderabad blasts

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Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has strongly condemned the bombings in Hyderabad, but rejected Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Rajasekhara Reddy's allegation that Bangladeshi terrorist outfit was behind the Saturday's blast, report agencies.
"This is baseless and we will contest any wrong allegation," the Adviser told reporters at the Foreign Ministry Sunday afternoon.
He said Bangladesh must uphold its interest and would never retreat from it.
Meanwhile, in a letter to Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukharjee, the Adviser condemned the bombings in the strongest terms and extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives.
"Such abhorrent violence is a blot on the conscience of humanity," he said, adding: "Our thoughts today are with those who lost their dear ones in this dastardly act."
Another report adds: Indian police found 19 unexploded bombs in Hyderabad a day after at least 40 people were killed in blasts that the state chief minister blamed on Islamic militants based in Bangladesh or Pakistan.
New Delhi has sent extra police and special bomb detection equipment to Hyderabad, an IT hub with a history of Muslim-Hindu tensions, after bombs packed with metal pellets exploded at a food centre and an amusement park on Saturday night.
About 80 people were wounded by the three blasts that went off within minutes of each other.
Police discovered the unexploded bombs - most fitted with timers and placed in plastic bags - at bus stops, by cinema halls, road junctions and pedestrian bridges and near a public water tap across the capital of Andhra Pradesh state.
"As things stand today the available information points to that," Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy told a news conference when asked if militants from Bangladesh or Pakistan were involved.
A federal home ministry official said about 22 people were being questioned. Separately, police reported one man had been detained near Hyderabad on suspicion of selling bicycle ball-bearings that were used as pellets in the bombs.
Reddy said 40 people had died, including three children, while the state home minister and some police put the toll at 43.
In May, 11 Muslim worshippers were killed and five shot in subsequent clashes with police after a bomb went off at a historic mosque in Hyderabad.