State seeks IB, NSG help to solve blast puzzle

A 20-member NSG team comprising explosive and bomb disposal experts had arrived within hours of the blasts. However, the team could only begin work on the eight different blast sites this morning. Police sources said the experts have lifted samples of shrapnel and explosive residue from various sites. “The samples have been sent for forensic review. We think RDX has been used in the blasts, but a final decision can only come after a detailed analysis is made,” sources added.

A team of the Delhi Police Special Cell is also here to check whether the blasts had any links with the October 2005 serial blasts in the national capital.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said the investigating agencies have got some leads and have picked up certain people in connection with the blasts. “There are some slender leads on which the state agencies are working… it is difficult to name any terror outfit at present,” she told a press conference here. While no one has yet been arrested, some people have been detained for interrogation, the chief minister said in a second press meet since the blasts, but did not give out the number of those being questioned.

She clarified that there was no specific information with regard to the terror strike from the central agencies except some regular notices. She also stressed the need for an anti-terror law like POTA. “I am not playing politics on the issue but we require central-state cooperation to work against global terror,” Raje said.