KLO denies involvement in Jalpaiguri blast

“We want to clarify that the West Bengal Police has been trying to create a misunderstanding between our organisation and the people of Kamtapur by blaming us for the explosion. The police want to hide their inhuman activities… by saying that it has been done by our organisation,” the outfit said in the statement.

The outfit reasoned that “December 26 is the Matyr’s Day for our organisation. We do not inflict injury on people on that day. Neither do we want people to die and become martyr on the day”.

A senior police officer said they were looking at all possible angles.

“Since,there are several factions of KLO and other outfits are also active in the Jalpaiguri area in North Bengal,it cannot be ascertained so fast which outfit is responsible for the attack. But we are looking into the matter,” said the police officer.

NIA team collects samples from blast site

Kolkata: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team Friday inspected the site near Jalpaiguri town where a bomb blast left five persons dead and nine injured. “The NIA team collected samples from the blast site,” said Probhat Chakraborty,DSP,Jalpaiguri. He said no one had been arrested or detained by the police till now. State forensic teams and CID officials also reached Jalpaiguri town to examine the kind of explosives used to carry out the blast,the police said. The forensic team recovered remains of the circuit and the timer used in the Improvised Explosive Device (IED). It also got traces of ammonium nitrate,which is used in making an IED,a senior police official said,adding that the bomb was devised for subversive activities in the area.