Serial blasts rock Patna

People gather very close to an unexploded bomb, hidden beneath newspapers before it was defused by officials outside the venue of a political rally in Patna. (AP Photo)

A series of small bomb blasts killed some people and injured dozens Sunday just hours before a campaign rally by the country's main opposition prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. (AP Photo)

A bomb exploded in a toilet at Patna railway station today injuring a person while two more bombs were recovered from the area, barely kilometers away from Gandhi Maidan where BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be addressing a rally.(AP Photo)

Indian security persons attend to an injured bomb disposal squad member second right, after one of the bombs they were trying to defuse exploded in a public toilet building in Patna.(AP Photo)

Concerned over the blast at the Patna Railway Station and recovery of two more crude bombs, the Ministry told the state government to send a report about the nature of the bomb, suspected persons or organisations which could be behind it and steps taken to maintain law and order, official sources said.(AP Photo)

Indian security persons attend to an injured bomb disposal squad member left, after one of the bombs they were trying to defuse exploded in a public toilet building in Patna.(AP Photo)

Indian security persons cover their ears to mitigate the deafening sound after one of the bombs they were trying to defuse blasted in a public toilet building in Patna.(AP Photo)

Indians injured in bomb blasts receive treatment at the government medical college hospital in Patna.(AP Photo)