Date:24/02/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/02/24/stories/2007022415420100.htm

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Sketches of two suspects in Samjhauta firebombing modified

Chandigarh: The Haryana Police on Friday modified the sketches of the two suspects in the firebombing of the Samjhauta Express on Sunday. "Going by the accounts of some witnesses, we have brought some modifications in the existing sketches that were released in Panipat on February 20," the Superintendent of Police (Railways), Haryana, Bharti Arora told PTI over phone from Panipat.

Ms. Arora, however, declined to give further details, saying it would hamper the investigations.

The top brass of the Haryana Police had a closed-door meeting at Panipat to review the progress of the investigations.

Rana Shaukat Ali from Pakistan on Friday identified at the Civil Hospital here the bodies of his five children who perished in the attack.

"I came to India with six children. I am now going back without five children. I will now go back as soon as possible," he said.

Mr. Ali came to the hospital unaccompanied by his wife Rukhsana. He left her at the police control room as he felt she would not be able to endure the agony. Mr. Ali arrived here on Thursday night along with his wife and one-year-old daughter Aksa.

He said they would return to Pakistan at the earliest through the Wagah border. — PTI