Twenty-member team on the job; HuJI claim being probed
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe into Wednesday's blast in the Delhi High Court complex.
“We are seriously looking into the claim of the HuJI [Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami] that it is responsible for the blast. The HuJI is a prominent terror group, which considers India target number one,” NIA Director-General S.C. Sinha told journalists.
The NIA has formed a 20-member team to investigate the blast. A notification was issued by the Home Ministry under the NIA Act, handing over the probe to the agency.
This is the first case handed over directly to the NIA, which was set up in the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
The Delhi Police and the Delhi government were asked by the Ministry to associate themselves with the NIA in the probe.
The NIA chief said a special team, with Deputy Inspector-General Mukesh Kumar as its head and Superintendent of Police Nitish Kumar as the Chief Investigating Officer, had been set up. There were no clear leads as of now but the investigators were working on several theories.
Special Secretary (Internal Security) U.K. Bansal told journalists that preliminary investigations pointed to the use of Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) in the blast. “This is subject to confirmation by forensic agencies,” he said. Asked about the HuJI's claim, Mr. Bansal said it was “being examined.”
Keywords: Bomb blast, Delhi High Court, High Court blast, Delhi terror attack
I am sure there will be no more attack till the next one
This is farce and has become an endless joke. The Govt has big mouth and heavy
hand when dealing with Anna Hasare Team's protest. What happens now when they are supposed to be alert and act? No lessons learnt; only blame game all over again. No one can save India if this continued.
living in Pakistan and seeing the ugly face of terror so frequently I can imagine the pain of it all. The senseless, inane and utter cruelty. I hope the whole region steps on the vile head of terrorism once and for all. My deepest condolences.
again, again,again... the same(shame) story repeats in india.. who is responsible is not a question, why such incidents are occurring frequently is the million dollar question? does our government have an answer for this or even try to guess... though dont care, because they are busy with their vote bank politics.
It is next to impossible to stop all the terrorist attacks but still it is not good on the security agencies to allow such heinous thing can happen in the front of the High Court. The responsible officials must be removed from their position without any delay and many more CCTV cameras and other security arrangements must be installed at once. Rather than it should be made as the political football, all the major political parties must take part in making the capital and India much safer and secured. Also, instead of making imaginary conclusion of the culprits and long laundry list of their activity leading to the attack, security officers must catch the culprits first and then speak about their investigation and probable leads. They can go and catch the culprits anywhere including Pakistan or Bangladesh or Nepal or any camps of any religion.
In a few days everything will be forgotten. There is no accountability for anyone. No lessons are learnt and the will to safeguard the public is absent.
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