An officer assigned to the event said it was a controlled explosion of an unattended bag. A small blast shook the area near the finish line of the men's cycling road race Saturday with about 70 kilometers to go in the race. There is a heavy security presence throughout the city amid worries about safety as the Olympics begin. Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took to micro-blogging site Twitter to assure the safety of the Indian participants. A bomb squad came out and found that the sports bag only contained clothes.

Source: India Today August 06, 2016 17:03 UTC