It's not just the statement of arrested Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Imtiaz Ansari that has connected Patna blasts to the ones in Bodh Gaya, but even the bombs used at Gandhi Maidan point to the same group being involved in both the attacks.
Investigations by National Security Guard (NSG) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) have found that bombs used in both the blasts were almost similar and poorly assembled. The timers used in both blasts were Lotus brand table clocks manufactured in Rajkot, Gujarat and bought from Assam.
Given that Ansari has already confessed to IM engineering the Patna blasts under the leadership of Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu, the Bodh Gaya blasts case has been practically solved.
Investigations have revealed that around 500 gm of ammonium nitrate mixed with some fuel and packed with shrapnel was used to make the bombs used in Patna. The concoction was stuffed in a cylindrical metal container and circuit was completed using analog clock, detonator and batteries.
Almost similar bombs were assembled in Bodh Gaya with the explosives being stuffed in small LPG cylinders.
Bombs in both the blasts were not as lethal as those in the Hyderabad blasts of February, suggesting an expert like arrested IM operative Yasin Bhatkal or Pakistani bomb expert Waqas were not behind them. Waqas, an electrician, is a skilled bomb maker who assembled the Hyderabad bombs using ammonium nitrate mixture stuffed in a pressure cooker. No shrapnel was used.
Investigations in Bodh Gaya blasts had found that the Lotus brand clocks used in 13 bombs placed in the Buddhist temple complex had been bought in Assam. Several traders were interrogated and the NIA even found a shopkeeper who had sold exactly 13 Lotus clocks to a man.
The agency, however, did not believe that the clocks for the blasts were bought from the same shop. "Why would a bomber buy exactly 13 clocks for 13 bombs? What if one malfunctions and stops working," asked an NIA officer. The investigating team then found another shop from where 50 clocks were bought by a person and it is this shop that NIA suspects supplied timers for both Patna and Bodh Gaya blasts.
Meanwhile, a joint team of Bihar Police and NIA raided Ansari's Ranchi home and found several bomb-making material including a pressure cooker with black-coloured explosives, wires and detonators apart from a book on Osama bin Laden.
Investigations by National Security Guard (NSG) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) have found that bombs used in both the blasts were almost similar and poorly assembled. The timers used in both blasts were Lotus brand table clocks manufactured in Rajkot, Gujarat and bought from Assam.
Given that Ansari has already confessed to IM engineering the Patna blasts under the leadership of Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu, the Bodh Gaya blasts case has been practically solved.
Investigations have revealed that around 500 gm of ammonium nitrate mixed with some fuel and packed with shrapnel was used to make the bombs used in Patna. The concoction was stuffed in a cylindrical metal container and circuit was completed using analog clock, detonator and batteries.
Almost similar bombs were assembled in Bodh Gaya with the explosives being stuffed in small LPG cylinders.
Bombs in both the blasts were not as lethal as those in the Hyderabad blasts of February, suggesting an expert like arrested IM operative Yasin Bhatkal or Pakistani bomb expert Waqas were not behind them. Waqas, an electrician, is a skilled bomb maker who assembled the Hyderabad bombs using ammonium nitrate mixture stuffed in a pressure cooker. No shrapnel was used.
Investigations in Bodh Gaya blasts had found that the Lotus brand clocks used in 13 bombs placed in the Buddhist temple complex had been bought in Assam. Several traders were interrogated and the NIA even found a shopkeeper who had sold exactly 13 Lotus clocks to a man.
The agency, however, did not believe that the clocks for the blasts were bought from the same shop. "Why would a bomber buy exactly 13 clocks for 13 bombs? What if one malfunctions and stops working," asked an NIA officer. The investigating team then found another shop from where 50 clocks were bought by a person and it is this shop that NIA suspects supplied timers for both Patna and Bodh Gaya blasts.
Meanwhile, a joint team of Bihar Police and NIA raided Ansari's Ranchi home and found several bomb-making material including a pressure cooker with black-coloured explosives, wires and detonators apart from a book on Osama bin Laden.
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