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The usage of a Samay clock a signature presence in bombs associated with the Indian Mujahideen through 2007 and 2008 is among clues being probed by the Karnataka Police to nail the possible involvement of elements linked to the extremist outfit in planting bombs at the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium on April 17.
The Samay brand clock was found in two failed bombs that were defused outside the cricket stadium on April 17 and 18 and is believed to also have been used in the two bombs that exploded as well. The common Samay and Prince brands were extensively used by members of the Indian Mujahideen outfit and were found in bombs planted in Hyderabad in 2007 and in Jaipur,Ahmedabad and New Delhi in 2008.
Much of the training of Indian Mujahideen men in bomb making was imparted in the Chikmagalur region of Karnataka through early 2007 by a man called Yasin Bhatkal,according to accounts provided to the police in different states by arrested members of the Indian Mujahideen. The police had been working on creating a full list of people trained by Bhatkal and have been talking to his younger brother for details of his activities and links ever since he emerged as a key suspect in the February 13,2010 bombing at the German Bakery in Pune.
Karnataka DGP Ajai Kumar Singh said: We are looking at the similarities between these blasts and blasts in other parts of the country. There are however a lot of dissimilarities between these blasts and the July 25 serial blasts in Bangalore.
Meanwhile,police officials from Pune also examined the blast sites on Tuesday.
