Pak terror outfits LeT, JeM could be behind Hyderabad twin blasts: Centre

A day after Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil refused to take name of foreign terror outfits behind the twin Hyderabad blasts that left 44 people dead and over sixty people injured, Union Home Secretary today said that Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) could have masterminded the blasts.

Hyderabad/Nagpur/Bangalore, Aug 27 : A day after Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil refused to take name of foreign terror outfits behind the twin Hyderabad blasts that left 44 people dead and over sixty people injured, Union Home Secretary today said that Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) could have masterminded the blasts.

"So far some possibilities have been identified and expressed," Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta said here, adding: "These elements or organisations are clearly outside the country and they resort to fuelling such kinds of activities."

Though investigations remain to be at a preliminary stage, Gupta said that it was necessary to nab those who planned the attack and executed it.

On Saturday, two blasts took place at Hyderabad's two main public places within a gap of 15 minutes.

Indication of Bangladesh terror module HUJI's involvement in the blast was also stated by the officials.

The investigations so far have revealed that a special chemical 'neogel' was used to carry out the blasts along with ammonium nitrate. Neogel is legally manufactured in Nagpur under restriction for mining purposes.

Today Chief Police Commissioner of Hyderabad, Balwinder Singh, said detonating mechanism, batteries would help in the identification of the terror group involved.

The timer is a normal clock and other details from the laboratory will take some time to be known," he told reporters.

No arrests have been made so far, but Nagpur Police Commissioneratyapal Singh said investigations are on.

"There is no question of arresting anyone now. Just because the explosives that were used in the blast came from Nagpur, the company here is not responsible for the incident," said Singh.

On Sunday, investigators found 19 unexploded bombs.

Police discovered the unexploded bombs -- most fitted with timers and placed in plastic bags -- at bus stops, by cinema halls, road junctions and pedestrian bridges and near a public water tap across the city.

Meanwhile in Bangalore, security has been tightened in sensitive areas like railway stations and airports as well as in commercial establishments like malls and theatres.

Police commissioner of the city, N. Achuta Rao said they have also increased general patrolling across the city.

"We have alerted people owning malls and commercial establishments to increase their security checks... entry-exits, if people are leaving items. Similarly, cinema hall owners and in places where major functions are being held have also been alerted," said N. Achuta Rao, police commissioner of Bangalore.

ANI