Perhaps, there was a plan to do a Jaipur in Chennai too. But fortunately, it has been nipped in the bud itself.

Well, the city police have netted three Muslim terrorists during a search at a lodge in Parry’s on Wednesday night.

It has now emerged that the three may have been plotting to kill Hindu leaders in the State and also possibly trigger some random blasts in the State.

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Jaipur: Seven serial blasts rocked the city of Jaipur at 7:35 PM on Tuesday evening, killing at least 50 people and injuring 150 others.

The injured have been rushed to the Sawai Mann Singh hospital. There are six women among the dead. The blasts — which were of medium intensity — took place in the walled city area.

The Chief Information Commissioner of Jaipur, Rohit Singh says that the first blast took place at the Manas Chowk Police Station area. The second blast, according to him, was near the most famous sweet shop in the city, Lakshmi Mishtaan Bhandar which is in Johari Bazaar.

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CHENNAI: The city police have arrested four persons for selling pirated DVDs and VCDs of the Tamil film Kuruvi, produced by Udayanidhi Stalin, grand son of the chief minister M Karunanidhi, and starring Vijay and Trisha. The police conducted an intensive raid across the city on Wednesday.

The police swung into action following instructions from the political bosses to curb selling the pirated versions of the film. The police formed special teams to conduct raids simultaneously in many places across the city targeting Burma Bazaar, T Nagar, Mogappair and Saidapet.

Police arrested Raja (25), Periya Balaji alias Padmanabhan (44), Suresh (27) and Arunachalam (35) for selling the pirated CDs. They recovered 3,690 DVDs and VCDs, including porn and other language films, worth Rs 26.21 lakh.

A police officer admitted that they have seized only 25 pirated versions of the film Kuruvi. The arrested were produced before the magistrate court in Egmore and remanded in judicial custody.