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HYDERABAD: A blame game over
intelligence inputs erupted on
after the twin bomb blasts here
as the role of banned militant
outfit Indian Mujahideen was
being increasingly suspected by probe agencies who got some
"leads". The death toll in the blasts
in a crowded area at
Dilsukhnagar on Thursday night
rose to 16 with the number of
injured being put at 117 even as the multi-agency investigative
teams combed the blast sites at
Dilsukhnagar rocked by near
simultaneous explosions. All but one of the dead were
men. Eight CCTVs installed in the area were of no use for the investigators pinning
hopes on them for evidence as they
malfunctioned. Union home ministry sources
denied that the CCTV wires were snapped by the
perpetrators of the attack. Forensic experts who
collected evidence from the blasts site submitted a preliminary report indicating that ammonium
nitrate were used in the bombs, which were
planted in tiffin boxes and fitted to two bicycles,
police sources said. "This is an explosive mix in which aluminum
sharpeners were added to nails and iron pieces
used to create more impact," a forensic expert
noted. Investigators were also looking for a timer
device. Cyberabad Police commissioner Dwaraka
Tirumala Rao said they had gathered enough clues about those involved but added the
information could not be divulged. He denied having "detained" anyone in
connection with the case. Nothing has been
officially said but the accusing finger in the case
is being pointed towards the IM that has an
"established network" in Hyderabad. The modus operandi in strapping improvized
explosive device (IED) to bicycles was similar to
blasts triggered by IM in the past. Hyderabad
along with Bangalore, Coimbatore and Hubli were
specifically alerted by the central security
agencies about possible attacks by Pakistan- based terrorist groups to avenge the hanging of
Mumbai attack convict Ajmal Kasab and
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Apart from a general advisory sent to all states
on February 19, Union home ministry officials
said the specific information about possible
attacks was shared with authorities in the four
cities on Thursday morning. Home minister
Sushilkumar Shinde said all states were alerted about a possible terror strike by militant groups. However, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran
Kumar Reddy had said those were general alerts
which often keep coming from the Centre. It has
also emerged that two of the alleged IM
operatives arrested by Delhi Police for their
involvement in Pune blasts last year did a recce of Dilsukhnagar on a motorcycle in July 2012.
http://www.timesofindia.com/india/H...uts-IM-under-scanner/articleshow/18633029.cms
intelligence inputs erupted on
after the twin bomb blasts here
as the role of banned militant
outfit Indian Mujahideen was
being increasingly suspected by probe agencies who got some
"leads". The death toll in the blasts
in a crowded area at
Dilsukhnagar on Thursday night
rose to 16 with the number of
injured being put at 117 even as the multi-agency investigative
teams combed the blast sites at
Dilsukhnagar rocked by near
simultaneous explosions. All but one of the dead were
men. Eight CCTVs installed in the area were of no use for the investigators pinning
hopes on them for evidence as they
malfunctioned. Union home ministry sources
denied that the CCTV wires were snapped by the
perpetrators of the attack. Forensic experts who
collected evidence from the blasts site submitted a preliminary report indicating that ammonium
nitrate were used in the bombs, which were
planted in tiffin boxes and fitted to two bicycles,
police sources said. "This is an explosive mix in which aluminum
sharpeners were added to nails and iron pieces
used to create more impact," a forensic expert
noted. Investigators were also looking for a timer
device. Cyberabad Police commissioner Dwaraka
Tirumala Rao said they had gathered enough clues about those involved but added the
information could not be divulged. He denied having "detained" anyone in
connection with the case. Nothing has been
officially said but the accusing finger in the case
is being pointed towards the IM that has an
"established network" in Hyderabad. The modus operandi in strapping improvized
explosive device (IED) to bicycles was similar to
blasts triggered by IM in the past. Hyderabad
along with Bangalore, Coimbatore and Hubli were
specifically alerted by the central security
agencies about possible attacks by Pakistan- based terrorist groups to avenge the hanging of
Mumbai attack convict Ajmal Kasab and
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Apart from a general advisory sent to all states
on February 19, Union home ministry officials
said the specific information about possible
attacks was shared with authorities in the four
cities on Thursday morning. Home minister
Sushilkumar Shinde said all states were alerted about a possible terror strike by militant groups. However, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran
Kumar Reddy had said those were general alerts
which often keep coming from the Centre. It has
also emerged that two of the alleged IM
operatives arrested by Delhi Police for their
involvement in Pune blasts last year did a recce of Dilsukhnagar on a motorcycle in July 2012.
http://www.timesofindia.com/india/H...uts-IM-under-scanner/articleshow/18633029.cms
