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Heavy rain may have washed away crucial forensic evidence related to the bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court,the police suspect.
Though vital samples were collected from the spot where the blast took place and a crater was formed,the area around it was being scoured for samples when it started raining heavily. We immediately put up a tarpaulin structure to secure the blast site and majority of the samples had been lifted till the rain came. Some traces must have fallen a distance away. Chances are these might have been lost, said a senior police officer.
The police said all the 74 injured and the 13 dead have been accounted for and the chances of the suspect being among them has so far been ruled out. The police said they have checked the antecedents of all the people who were taken to hospital and all of them had valid reasons to be present there at the time of the blast. On Thursday,NIA Director General S C Sinha met Police Commissioner B K Gupta.
The NIA team sourced the bomb disposal squad,draftsman (who draws map of the site) and sniffer dogs from Delhi Police. Two years after its creation,the NIA is still not logistically equipped and depends on police for minimal requirements. The police said they were sharing all details with the NIA and assisting it in the probe.
