Typically by now usually Indians have already found the ISI agents and found all the proof to tie-up a Pakistani link with the bombings, but strangely this time they can not even find the people who sold the timers.
Samjhauta blasts were unique in pattern, says probe agencies
Hitender Rao
Panipat, February 28, 2007
Investigating agencies have found a unique pattern in the execution of the February 18 Samjhauta Express blasts with the use of a combination of high and low intensity explosives.
Sources said that the high intensity explosive like the RDX was used in a very small quantity since the idea was not to blow up the railway wagons but cause a devastating fire.
"It was an incendiary device which was used in the blasts. The low intensity explosives were ideal for making devices which cause fire. A small quantity of high intensity explosive was mixed to give propulsion to the fire so that maximum damage can be inflicted. The blast mechanism was devised to suit the conditions in a moving train," said Additional Director-General of Haryana Police, Vikas Narain Rai who is overseeing the SIT probe.
Sources said that had the perpetrators used only a high intensity explosive like the RDX or the TNT it would have probably blown off a part of the wagon like the roof. "The damage then would have been caused in a limited area. In fact, many lives could have been saved in that event," they said.
The SIT squad which had gone to Morbi in Gujarat to verify the shipment details of the Orpat clocks, used as timer in these blasts, is
now working on the leads to find out from where these clocks could have been sold.
Although police officials say that it was a difficult task to zero in on the retail outlets from where they were sold. "The fact that these Orpat clocks have been found to be genuine company made products also indicate how crucial the reliability of these timer devices was for the perpetrators. They could have otherwise used a desi version which would have been impossible to trace in the event of its recovery," an investigating official said.
Similarly, the investigators have found that the PET bottles carrying GEHI trademark, which were used to keep the combustible substance, were manufactured by a factory in Mahim, Mumbai and the suitcase were manufactured by a unit in Tri Nagar in Delhi.