NEW DELHI: Except for the identity of some suspects and the nature of explosives used in Saturday’s serial bombings in the capital, the special squad set up to probe the incident is yet to get a fix on the main conspirators, the motive and where the bombs were assembled.
On the basis of eyewitness accounts, Delhi police released five sketches of three suspected bombers who could have been behind setting off the low intensity bombs - one in busy Karol Bagh market, two in the commercial hub of Connaught Place and another two in the upscale M Block market of Greater Kailash - that killed 24 people and injured 100.
But beyond that, investigators are still groping in the dark as to who could be the mastermind behind the serial blasts which bore a trademark signature to earlier blasts in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
“All are copycat bombings. The explosive used was ammonium nitrate, the shrapnel consisted of ball bearings and the detonators used were 9 Volt batteries. But after that, we have hit a dead end because we do not have more positive leads,” said an officer closely involved in the investigations.
Right now, the several teams formed are chasing down the shadowy Indian Mujahedeen whom the Intelligence Bureau believes could be a splinter group of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
Despite the best efforts of investigators to get a move on in the probe and develop leads that could unravel the conspiracy into all the four bombings, progress has been painfully slow.
