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| HuJI may be behind low- intensity blasts |
| 2008-02-02 |
| NEW DELHI:A militant organisation backed by Bangladeshi terrorist outfit Harkat Ul-Jehadi Islam (HuJI) is suspected to be behind the two low-intensity blasts that rocked Lado Sarai in Malviya Nagar late on Thursday. A similar explosion was reported near IIT Gate on January 16. The police said that no one was hurt in the blast though sources claimed that two persons suffered minor injuries and were given first aid treatment. Meanwhile, hours after the blasts security agencies are still groping in the dark about the nature of the explosives and what triggered the blasts. Samples from the sites have been sent to forensic labs. A case under the Explosive Act has been registered at Malviya Nagar police station. According to the police, the two blasts were reported within a few minutes on Thursday night. The first bomb went off around 10.45 pm near Police Training College (PTC) in Malviya Nagar while the second blast was reported some 50 metres away at Lado Sarai near petrol pump at 10.48 pm. As a result of the blast, three cars, including a Toyota Corolla, Wagon R and another SUV, on the road lost control and later collided with the pavement.Bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs were pressed into the service immediately after the blast. The police have taken the custody of the two cars which had been damaged to study the nature of the blast. "The corolla car with two occupants was going towards Mehrauli. When the car reached near Lado Sarai petrol pump, the driver heard a loud explosion and stopped his car," said a senior police officer. "Hey! WTF was that?" Initially, he though that his tyre had burst but when he stepped out he found around 150 nails in the body of his car near the rear tyre. He later informed the police, added the officer. Fragmentation bomb. He got lucky. While the cops were trying to solve the mystery of the blasts, another call came from PTC Malviya Nagar where a similar explosion was reported. The car had one occupant. The windscreen of the car at the back side was broken in which the car occupant was injured. Eyewitnesses said that there was another car which was also damaged by the explosion but the car did not stop. The cops are now trying to trace the vehicle. Samples collected from the spot and nails have been sent for examination. "It is still not known what trigered the explosion. So far, we suspect that the blast was caused due to pressure as it happened in the blast near IIT. All three blasts seem to have some connection," added one of the investigating officers. The Malviya Nagar police are examining the occupants of the car and Shivnath Kumar, who was injured in the first blast reported a fortnight back, too has been called for examination. The cops are also studying similar explosions reported in 2003. "In the 2003 blasts too, a similar pattern was observed. The case is still being probed," added a senior officer. Few suspects were being interrogated till late in the night. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Sounds like someone was taught to make antipersonnel devices and that's all they know how to make... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-02-02 14:10 |