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The Union Home Ministry is in touch with the Tamil Nadu government following the death of 20 people in a car explosion in Villupuram on Saturday.

An MHA spokesman said senior officials in the Home Ministry were in touch with state government officials and trying to find out the details of the incident.

At least 20 people were killed and 18 injured, some seriously, when a car believed to be carrying "some explosive substance" blew up at Senthur village near Villupuram.