The probe into the State Transport (ST) bus blast case in Manchar revealed that it was fallout of rivalry between two local groups.

Superintendent of police (Pune rural) Ravindra Kadam said that there are no terror links to the incident which took place on the night of February 15 when the bus was stationed at Manchar ST stand, some 70 km from here.

After the blast, in which no one was injured, the Pune rural police roped in the intelligence agencies to investigate the case. Kadam said that two groups have been at loggerheads for a long time. One of them wanted to malign the other and hence used the low-intensity commercial explosives.

Local fishermen are generally known to use such explosives to kill fish in the water bodies located near Manchar, said Kadam.

The police have obtained details of commercial explosives identified as Super Power 90.

Kadam said that the police have taken statements of licence distributors of these explosives. "The police are investigating why the ST bus was targeted," he added.

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