Wednesday, March 8 2006 10:10 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Varanasi: The bomb blasts in this temple town, which killed 20 people and injured 50 others, was the handiwork of terrorists and the Uttar Pradesh Government has ordered a probe into the incident by the special task force of the state police, a senior official said here today(Mar 8,2006).

The attacks were 'definitely the handiwork of terrorists' and the state government has ordered a probe into the blasts by Special Task Force (STF) to be headed by the Inspector General of Police Jagmohan Lal Yadav, Prinicpal Secretary (Home) Alok Sinha told sources late last night after visiting the blast sites and meeting the injured.

He said the nature of the explosives used in the blats would be known only after the forensic tests are conducted.

The State Government has announced a compensation of Rs five lakh to the kin of the dead and Rs one lakh to the injured, Sinha said.

At least 20 people were killed and about 50 others injured when two bomb blasts rocked the sankat mochan temple and the cantonment railway station in this temple town last night.