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| Bombay Stock Exchange beefs up security | 28/07/2008 06:03:02 | Mumbai: Security was stepped up in and around Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday after a series of bomb blasts on Friday and Saturday in Bangalore and Ahmedabad killed scores of people, officials said.
City police have nearly quadrupled their presence and are restricting traffic around the 28-storey building, which also houses the offices of brokerage firms, banks and the headquarters of Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.
At least 16 bombs exploded in Ahmedabad on Saturday, killing at least 45 people, a day after another series of blasts in Bangalore killed a woman.
A group called the 'Indian Mujahideen' said it carried out the Ahmedabad blasts, sending one email just before the first bombs exploded.
Another email, purportedly sent by the group to some media outlets on Sunday, threatened to attack the BSE building, Also in the news
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officially called Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, but police said they were not sure if this email was genuine.
Nevertheless, police said they were taking precautions.
"Earlier, we used to have five to six constables around including two armed personnel posted on the mini-terrace of the building for an aerial view, but now we have 20," a police officer said on condition of anonymity, as he stopped a courier to frisk his bag.
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