Author: TNN
Publication: The Times of India
Date: September 29, 2008
Introduction: Ammonium Nitrate Mixed With
Iron Nails Used In Bomb
A mixture of ammonium nitrate and potassium
chlorate along with sulphuric acid, packed with iron nails might have been
used to trigger the blast near the Mehrauli market that killed one.
Experts are also of the opinion that the bomb
-which used sulphur to create the dark smoke-was assembled locally and may
have been planted by two members of a gang of Bangladeshis, some of whom were
arrested this August for triggering a series of low-intensity blasts in south
Delhi. More than 20 people, including several Bangladeshi migrants and people
with criminal antecedents, have been detained from the area. The family of
one of the injured has also been questioned.
Senior police officers say initial findings
seem to point towards the involvement of a local module which had caused similar
low-intensity blasts in various parts of Delhi since 2001. The most recent
was in February near Lado Sarai. "No one was injured or killed in the
earlier blasts because they happened in open places. This time, the damage
was greater because it happened in a crowded market,'' said a police officer.
Meanwhile, two persons were detained by the Faridabad police in connection
with a call made to the Delhi police just before the Mehrauli blasts. The
caller had warned of more attacks.
The detained people are Nanakchand, 40, a
UP resident whose SIM card was used to make the call and Kisan, a mobile dealer
from Ballabhgarh who sold the SIM card without verification. SSP Faridabad,
Shrikant Jadhav told TOI: "The two have been detained for questioning
and are likely to be arrested soon."
The police is looking for the black Pulsar
bike which was reportedly used by the bombers and a list of about 700 motorcycles
stolen from the area in the past few months has been drawn up. Some known
motorcycle thieves, too, are being questioned. So far nobody has claimed to
have seen the registration number of the vehicle.
The Bangladeshi link too is being explored and in this, the police are hoping
that three people who were arrested in August in connection with the earlier
low-intensity blasts, may be able to provide some leads. The alleged kingpin
of the gang, Mohammed Ansar, is still at large and a police team has been
sent to Bengal to track him and his accomplices.
"The gang had around 15 members out of
which only three have been arrested. Most of them have sneaked into Bangladesh
after the arrests. His two other associates Ansur Sheikh and Jamsuddin may
be behind the Mehrauli blast" added an officer. As TOI had reported earlier,
the first of the three, Mohammed Hakim had been arrested on July 30 after
which Mohammed Yesin and Mohammed Maninuddin were also arrested from New Jalpaiguri.
