TWIN bombs planted on a train killed one person and wounded at least nine others in the southern Indian port of Chennai.
In the latest attack during ongoing national elections, the low-intensity blasts occurred in carriages of an overnight train from Bangalore as it pulled into Chennai central station after 7am (0130 GMT).
A 22-year-old woman working at IT outsourcing firm TCS was killed when one of the devices that had been placed underneath her seat exploded, said Rakesh Misra, general manager of the southern region for Indian Railways.
"At least two people have suffered grievous injuries and seven have minor injuries," Misra told reporters at the scene.
"Civil police ... are investigating what kind of bomb it was and why anyone would have placed the bomb."
Security forces cordoned off the blood-splattered platform where a large crowd of onlookers and delayed passengers gathered, while searches by bomb detection teams were stepped up in other stations.
Chennai police chief JK Tripathi said they were yet to detain any suspects, despite media reports of one or two people being questioned over the crude explosives.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the attack, saying "such barbaric acts targeting innocent men, women and children only highlight the desperation and cowardice of those responsible".
Multiple low-intensity explosions are typically the hallmark of the Indian Mujahideen, a home-grown militant network thought to have been weakened by the recent arrests of senior figures.
Sixteen people were killed in February 2013 when bombs strapped to bicycles exploded in the southern city of Hyderabad in an attack blamed on the network.
India's election, which ends on May 16, has seen repeated attacks by Maoist rebels based in the forests of central India who have killed at least 25 so far, according to an AFP tally.
One panic-stricken passenger told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency that he saw three to four people "writhing in pain" after the blast on the train, which was set to terminate in the remote northeastern city of Guwahati.
The injured have been taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai.
The dead woman was identified as an employee of Bangalore-based TCS. The company said it was "deeply shocked and saddened at this unfortunate loss of life of our colleague in this tragic incident".
Her grandmother, named as Rajalakshmi, told PTI she was travelling home and was set to marry in another two months.
"She was to come home today. But now only her body is coming", she was quoted as saying.
Security has been tightened across India as the country holds its six-week general election.
Voting has already taken place in most major cities, including Chennai, which went to the polls last week.
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