HC blast: No big leads, homegrown terror NIA focus

Four days after the blast outside the Delhi high court, it is becoming evident that investigators are in for the long haul before they can expect to lay their hands on the perpetrators of Wednesday’s terror strike. HT reports. Blast probe: bomb ‘switch’ located

Four days after the blast outside the Delhi high court, it is becoming evident that investigators are in for the long haul before they can expect to lay their hands on the perpetrators of Wednesday’s terror strike.

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National Investigation Agency sleuths are focusing on homegrown terrorists — new operatives as well as remnants of the Indian Mujahideen — who might have cross-border support.

Investigators have found common threads running through the May 25 failed bombing attempt at the high court, the July 13 serial blasts in Mumbai and the September 7 blast at the same court in the Capital.

Interrogation of Muhammad Shoaib Sheikh — the alleged sender of the first email claiming the Harkat-ul-Jehad al-Islami had carried out Wednesday’s blast — continued in Kishtwar in J&K on Saturday.

Union home secretary RK Singh said the government has not dismissed the mails received. “It could be possible that after the blast a few persons tried to fish in troubled waters,” he said.