Sonia Gandhi anguished over Pune blast

Congress president Sonia Gandhi tonight expressed her anguish over the terror blast in Pune which killed nine people and left 45 injured, conveying her sympathies to the bereaved families.

Gandhi also called up Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan to inquire about the situation in the wake of the blast and the investigations into it.

In the first major attack since 26/11 carnage, terror struck Pune tonight as a powerful bomb ripped apart a popular bakery near a Jewish prayer house, killing nine people, including five women and a foreigner.