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ATS claim of RDX in Samjhauta baffles investigators
Sumir Kaul
Mumbai, Nov 16 (PTI) The claim by Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (A.T.S.)about presence of RDX in the 2007 Samjhauta train blast has flummoxed investigators who probed the attack as the forensic analysis had shown no signs of the deadly explosive being used in the terror strike that left 68 people dead.
The counsel for the A.T.S., Ajay Misra informed the
designated court in Nashik that they wanted the custody of Lt.
Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit for four more days as they
wanted to investigate the source of 60 kgs of RDX which could
have been used in the blast on the train linking India and
Pakistan.
According to the forensic analysis, the material used
in the train blast a highly flammable cocktail of fuel oils
and chemical stored in dozens of plastic bottles and packed
inside a suitcase, mixed with pieces of cloth to keep the fire
going.
This was covered with a foam pad embedded with a small
electronic circuit board in a transparent plastic box.
The chemical composition was Potassium Chlorate and
Sulphur, the report had said.
Several Mumbai Police officials, involved in the probe
in the Malegaon, said on condition of anonymity that further
questioning of Purohit was necessary as they were ascertaining
the exact source of the RDX.
Purohit's counsel Avinash Bhide said he had brought
this to light before the court. "What needs to be seen is the
charges that will be pressed against Col. Purohit in the
chargesheet to be filed by the Mumbai A.T.S.," Bhide told PTI.
He said that his client had no role to play in what
was being alleged by the A.T.S. in the court.
Purohit is suspected to have given some of the RDX to
an individual identified as Bhagwan who could have used it in
the Samjhauta train blasts, A.T.S. told the court in Nashik
Saturday.
"The source of the RDX is still not known and it is
presently under investigations," the ATS counsel had told the
court while seeking his further remand.
Some of the investigators from central security
agencies said that Samjhauta blast could have been triggered
by the group of which Lt. Col. was a part.
The investigations into the Samjhauta blast had
revealed that a tailor shop in Indore had allegedly made the
cover for the suitcases used to carry bomb in the train.
Two persons including Pragya Thakur were picked up
from Indore and both of them had been allegedly giving evasive
answers about their role in the Samjhauta blasts, the
officials said, adding "some confrontation" would be required
in order to join the pieces of Samjhauta jigsaw. PTI SKL
DEP
Mumbai, Nov 16 (PTI) The claim by Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (A.T.S.)about presence of RDX in the 2007 Samjhauta train blast has flummoxed investigators who probed the attack as the forensic analysis had shown no signs of the deadly explosive being used in the terror strike that left 68 people dead.
The counsel for the A.T.S., Ajay Misra informed the
designated court in Nashik that they wanted the custody of Lt.
Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit for four more days as they
wanted to investigate the source of 60 kgs of RDX which could
have been used in the blast on the train linking India and
Pakistan.
According to the forensic analysis, the material used
in the train blast a highly flammable cocktail of fuel oils
and chemical stored in dozens of plastic bottles and packed
inside a suitcase, mixed with pieces of cloth to keep the fire
going.
This was covered with a foam pad embedded with a small
electronic circuit board in a transparent plastic box.
The chemical composition was Potassium Chlorate and
Sulphur, the report had said.
Several Mumbai Police officials, involved in the probe
in the Malegaon, said on condition of anonymity that further
questioning of Purohit was necessary as they were ascertaining
the exact source of the RDX.
Purohit's counsel Avinash Bhide said he had brought
this to light before the court. "What needs to be seen is the
charges that will be pressed against Col. Purohit in the
chargesheet to be filed by the Mumbai A.T.S.," Bhide told PTI.
He said that his client had no role to play in what
was being alleged by the A.T.S. in the court.
Purohit is suspected to have given some of the RDX to
an individual identified as Bhagwan who could have used it in
the Samjhauta train blasts, A.T.S. told the court in Nashik
Saturday.
"The source of the RDX is still not known and it is
presently under investigations," the ATS counsel had told the
court while seeking his further remand.
Some of the investigators from central security
agencies said that Samjhauta blast could have been triggered
by the group of which Lt. Col. was a part.
The investigations into the Samjhauta blast had
revealed that a tailor shop in Indore had allegedly made the
cover for the suitcases used to carry bomb in the train.
Two persons including Pragya Thakur were picked up
from Indore and both of them had been allegedly giving evasive
answers about their role in the Samjhauta blasts, the
officials said, adding "some confrontation" would be required
in order to join the pieces of Samjhauta jigsaw. PTI SKL
DEP
