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IM a suspect in Bangalore blasts:Sources
New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) Indian Mujahideen(IM), an
amalgam of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashker-e-Taiba and
banned Students' Islamic Movement of India, has emerged as a
prime suspect in the Bangalore blasts, official sources said
Monday.
Indian Home Ministry sources said the kind of material
used and the modus operandi pointed to involvement of IM in
the twin explosions near a packed Chinaswamy cricket stadium
in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on Saturday. 15
persons were injured in the incident.
The Centre meanwhile pulled up the police of the
southern Indian state of Karnataka (where Bangalore is
located) for its failure in detecting the remaining three
bombs.
The sources said the mechanism of using loosely-packed
ammonium nitrate with engine oil and ball bearings had been
adopted by the IM in earlier blasts that shook the country
between 2005 and 2009.
The aim of perpetrators was to create a panic situation
by blowing off the generator station and bring the cricket
stadium into darkness to create panic to lead to stampede, the
sources said.
Bangalore has been on the target of IM for long and a
series of bomb blasts had taken place in September last year.
In a related development, the Bangalore Police has been
pulled up by the Centre for its inability to detect the
remaining three bombs which were also planted in the vicinity
of the stadium.
Though the police claimed to have pressed its dog squad
and bomb disposal squad into service before giving a go ahead
for the cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Royal
Challengers Bangalore, sources said three bombs were recovered
by Central forensic team which had arrived from Delhi.
The bombs were of higher intensity and could have
resulted in a major damage, if another explosion had taken
place.
Senior officials of the Indian Home Ministry said these
bombs were not concealed properly and could be detected
easily if proper procedures had been followed.
Bangalore Commissioner of Police Shankar Bidari was not
immediately available for comment. PTI SKL
RDM
amalgam of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashker-e-Taiba and
banned Students' Islamic Movement of India, has emerged as a
prime suspect in the Bangalore blasts, official sources said
Monday.
Indian Home Ministry sources said the kind of material
used and the modus operandi pointed to involvement of IM in
the twin explosions near a packed Chinaswamy cricket stadium
in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on Saturday. 15
persons were injured in the incident.
The Centre meanwhile pulled up the police of the
southern Indian state of Karnataka (where Bangalore is
located) for its failure in detecting the remaining three
bombs.
The sources said the mechanism of using loosely-packed
ammonium nitrate with engine oil and ball bearings had been
adopted by the IM in earlier blasts that shook the country
between 2005 and 2009.
The aim of perpetrators was to create a panic situation
by blowing off the generator station and bring the cricket
stadium into darkness to create panic to lead to stampede, the
sources said.
Bangalore has been on the target of IM for long and a
series of bomb blasts had taken place in September last year.
In a related development, the Bangalore Police has been
pulled up by the Centre for its inability to detect the
remaining three bombs which were also planted in the vicinity
of the stadium.
Though the police claimed to have pressed its dog squad
and bomb disposal squad into service before giving a go ahead
for the cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Royal
Challengers Bangalore, sources said three bombs were recovered
by Central forensic team which had arrived from Delhi.
The bombs were of higher intensity and could have
resulted in a major damage, if another explosion had taken
place.
Senior officials of the Indian Home Ministry said these
bombs were not concealed properly and could be detected
easily if proper procedures had been followed.
Bangalore Commissioner of Police Shankar Bidari was not
immediately available for comment. PTI SKL
RDM
