Thirty Close Circuit Televisions at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus may hold key to probe

Thirty Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, installed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) railway station in the aftermath of the 7/11 Mumbai train bombings in 2006, hold the key to investigations into Wednesday night’s Terror attack on Mumbai.

Having “roamed around firing indiscriminately” inside the station premises for more than two hours, the images of men unleashing terror at CST are learnt to have been captured by these CCTVs. While Railways Protection Force (RPF) officials were sceptical about the usefulness of CCTV footage given their “skeletal” presence at the station, security agencies were still hopeful of finding some important leads into the identities of the perpetrators through the recorded footage. “The CCTV footage has been sealed and will be handed over to the Anti-Terrorism Squad,” Central Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Srinivas Mudgerikar said.

The attack at CST railway station, which began around 9.55 pm on Wednesday, left four persons, including three railway employees, dead and seven injured.

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Hunt begins all over again: Same prime suspect, similar bombs, SIMI links

A day after serial Blasts left at least 21 dead and nearly 100 injured, Delhi limped back to normalcy while police, looking for leads, were said to be questioning two persons who had been detained. Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal said they had come across “vital clues” which would help them track down perpetrators of the blasts who police suspect belong to the Indian Mujahideen-SIMI network.

Abdus Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer, who remains at large and is wanted by police in Gujarat for his alleged role in the Ahmedabad bombings, is emerging as one of the main suspects in the Delhi blasts too.

Sources said police and Central security agencies were looking for three SIMI sympathisers — Abu Zair, Danish and Aftab — who apparently arranged a safehouse in Delhi for Abu Bashar, arrested from Azamgarh in UP after the Ahmedabad blasts. Bashar, police sources said, stayed in Delhi from July 24 to 26.

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Joining the dots: Sketch, Avon bike, underwear in bomb wrap

As investigators grope in the dark after yesterday's eight blasts in Jaipur that have now killed 63 and injured 118, the one ray of light is the striking similarity they have found between the explosives used in Jaipur and the one used in the twin explosions in Hyderabad last August. A team from Andhra Pradesh Police is set to arrive in Jaipur to help in the probe.

Contrary to claims by the local police, agencies here maintain that use of RDX is still not confirmed. It's learnt that ammonium nitrate was the principal explosive in Jaipur with an ammonium-based gel, possibly Neogel 90, that was also used in the twin explosions at Gokul Chaat Bhandar and Lumbini Park, Hyderabad. Sources said no RDX was found in the unexploded device that was defused just in time by the local bomb squad.

The Indian Express spoke to several investigators in Jaipur and New Delhi and police officials and the following have emerged as key leads in the case:

• Each bomb had an average of 7.5 kg of explosives and shrapnel packed into it. The bombs proved more lethal as they were "directional chargers," meaning on explosion the impact was focused in a particular direction to inflict maximum damage - similar bombs were used in last year's Hyderabad blast at the Gokul Chaat Bhandar.

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