The Hindu : NSG team inspects Gujarat blast sites

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NSG team inspects Gujarat blast sites

Ahmedabad Oct. 19. A three-member team of explosive experts of the National Security Guards (NSG) is investigating the nature and mechanism used in recent bomb explosions at Godhra and Lunawada which left 12 persons injured, police said today.

The NSG team, which arrived from New Delhi at Godhra on Saturday, is investigating the nature of the explosives used, how the devices were assembled and their mechanism, the Panchmahal Deputy Superintendent of Police, Narsimha Kumar has said.

The team examined material gathered from the "spots" of two bomb explosions while the Forensic Science laboratory and the local bomb squads are also looking into the explosions, Mr. Kumar said.

There is no breakthrough in the case despite interrogation of more than 60 persons rounded up since the two blasts, he added.

A crude bomb explosion in a State transport bus at Godhra on October 15, had left at least four persons, including the conductor injured, while in another explosion the next day, inside a bus terminus at Lunawada, at least eight persons were injured, two of them seriously.

PTI

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