Security stepped up in India

India stepped up security at religious sites today after the car bomb attacks that killed at least 48 people.

Extra police patrolled temples, mosques and public places nationwide while in Bombay police raided slums and picked up people for questioning over the attack.

Police also increased spot identity checks after yesterday's bombs, which were in two taxis.

Bloodstained footpaths, broken glass and debris marked the blast sites, one at a crowded gold and jewellery market, the other near the Gateway of India, a huge waterfront arch.

Deputy prime minister Lal

Krishna Advani was flying to Bombay to visit some of the 150 injured in the blasts.

Police said they suspected an outlawed Muslim student group working alongside Pakistanbased Kashmiri separatist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba.