Five persons were injured in a minor blast in the parking lot of a Gadkari Rangaytan auditorium in Thane in Maharashtra on Wednesday.

It was reported that the blast occurred just before the Marathi play Aamhi Paachpute was about to begin. the entire place has been cordoned off, said the police.

Incidentally, Aamhi Pachpute was also targeted earlier in an incident in Vashi, the satellite town of Mumbai.

On June 1, an alert citizen called the police after he saw an unidentified bag kept in an auditorium just before the play was about to begin. The bomb squad diffused the bomb before it could cause any damage.

It was claimed by some right wing organisations that Hindus are targeting the play as it ridicules the Hindu religion.

Further investigation about the cause of the blast is going on. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil got in touch with the Thane police officials, who informed him that a police team has already reached the site to ascertain the nature of the blast, sources in the state home department said.