The sleuths of central security agencies found a bag in which another crude bomb had been kept which was possibly to go off after the first explosion.
NEW DELHI: Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami militant outfit of Bangladesh was suspected to be behind the blast at sufi shrine of Khwaja Mohiuddin Chisti at Ajmer in which militants used a mixture Tri-Nitro Toluene (TNT) as the explosive material, sources said.
The sleuths of central security agencies, accompanied by forensic experts, found a bag in which another crude bomb had been kept which was possibly to go off after the first explosion with an aim to trigger a stampede-like situation at the shrine.
The unexploded device was to be detonated with an alarm of the mobile phone which failed in this case thus saving the lives many, the sources said.
Shahid Bilal, based in Karachi, has emerged as a key suspect in the bomb attack that left two persons dead and 28 injured as the modus operandi was similar to that used in Mecca blast at Hyderabad in May this year.
Pieces of iron pipe were used by militants as splinters that pierced through the pilgrims who had gathered near the 'Begum-Ki-Dhalan' for breaking their Ramzan fast.
The sources did not rule out the possibility that banned HuJI may have been supported by Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) which has been vociferous in its opposition to Sufi strain of Islam.
Both HuJI and Jaish follow the Deobandi sect of Islam.
Six people have been detained in and around the Ajmer shrine but the sources said it was highly unlikely that any breakthrough would be be achieved out of their interrogation.
The STD and international calls made out of Jaipur during the last 48 hours were being monitored.
They said indications had emerged that Bilal could have masterminded the attack with some sleeper cells of JeM.
Bilal, who took over the command of HuJI on October 12, 2005, has been on the list of most wanted terrorists after he masterminded a suicide attack on the Special Task Force's headquarters in Hyderabad that left one police personnel dead.
Bilal is also wanted for the blasts on Samjauta Express in February that left 68 people dead.
An associate of Rasool Khan 'Party', a Gujarat resident, Bilal has been instrumental in sending youths for arms training to Pakistan through Dhaka and some Gulf states, the sources said.
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