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Mumbai blasts probe widens
No clues yet about detonators used

New Delhi/Mumbai, July 18
Investigators looking into the July 13 bombings in Mumbai have extended their probe to various parts of the country as they intensify the hunt for clues leading to those behind the terror attack, informed sources said Monday.

Five days after the triple blasts, which killed 19 and injured 129, sources close to the investigation said forensic sleuths were also trying to decipher the exact make of the detonators used to trigger the bombs made of ammonium nitrate, fuel oil (ANFO) and ball bearings.

What is known is that the blasts were triggered by using timers and not remote controlled devices.

“But what timer device it was is still not known. It could be clock timers, it could be mobile phones alarms, it could be any other timer device, mechanical, chemical or digital,” said a home ministry source in New Delhi.

Sources familiar with the probe process said the identification of the timer device was crucial because it would help investigators establish a pattern and trace similarities, if any, to previous attacks.

This would give the investigation a definite angle and maybe point to the outfit behind the blasts.

The homegrown outfit, the Indian Mujahideen, has used timer devices of various kinds to trigger blasts in many Indian cities, an expert said.

Though authorities have refrained from naming any terror outfit, sources said the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had raided various places for suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives. — IANS

Riyazul Sarkar
Riyazul Sarkar

FIR filed against two suspects
Kishanganj (Bihar): An FIR was filed on Monday against two suspected HuJI members on charges of violating the Foreigners Act even as the police was probing if the two had any links with the July 13 blasts in Mumbai. The FIR was lodged against Md Riyazul Sarkar, who was arrested on Saturday, besides Md Mahtab Alam, who was in the custody of the Pauakhali police station in the district. — PTI

Transfer probe to CBI: PIL
Mumbai: A Public Interest Litigation was on Monday filed in the Bombay High Court demanding that probe into the July 13 serial Mumbai blasts should be transferred to CBI. The PIL was filed by advocate V P Patil who contended that the bomb blasts was terror attack on the nation. — PTI

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