Investigators probing serial bomb blasts in the city have prepared sketches of three suspects as Gujarat remains on high-alert, a senior police official said today.
AHMEDABAD: Investigators probing serial bomb blasts in the city have prepared sketches of three suspects as Gujarat remains on high-alert, a senior police official said today.
“We have prepared three sketches of suspects based on description given by an eye-witness who saw them planting the bombs in different parts of the city,” joint commissioner of police Ashish Bhatia said. “We have decided to not make those sketches public at this stage as it will hamper the probe,” he added. Police is conducting regular combing operations and security has been tightened in vital locations of the state.
On the forensic report of bombs, Bhatia said, “It seems that the material for bombs came from outside the state.
But it is likely that they were assembled here. Since, items like batteries and watches are found locally, we believe that the assembly could have been done here.”
Victims admitted at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital have described the series of events leading to bomb blast to police officials. “We have seen the television footage and recorded statements of eye-witnesses who were present near the trauma centre of the hospital,” Bhatia said. Meanwhile, security at railway stations, bus stations, temples and other public places remains tight. Railway authorities have stopped issuing platform tickets at Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat stations as a precautionary measure.
Vehicles entering and leaving the city are being checked regularly. Police have also tightened the noose on SIMI workers in the state, which they believe could give specific leads into the serial blasts. Several former activists of the banned organisation in Ahmedabad, Bharuch, Surat and Vadodara have been questioned and their movements put under watch, police said.
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