PUNE: The Pune police crime branch on Thursday took over the probe into the serial bomb blasts that rocked the city on Wednesday within hours of Sushilkumar Shinde taking over as the country's home minister.
Four low intensity explosions rattled the city on Wednesday between 7.30 pm to 8.35 pm injuring one person.
One device went off in the Balgandharva Chowk, the second in a dustbin outside a McDonald's outlet, the third outside Dena Bank and the fourth near the Garware flyover. The last two devices were attached to bicycles. The fifth and sixth device was defused by the bomb disposal and detection squad outside the Sai Service car showroom and near Dena Bank.
Deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Makarand Ranade on Thursday told TOI, "The serial blast case has been transferred to the crime branch. Assistant commissioner of police (crime) Vinod has been appointed as the investigating officer." Satav had earlier investigated the German bakery blast case and had arrested the lone conspirator Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig.
"The crime branch and state anti terrorism squad are conducting joint investigations. The motive behind the blast is not known. We are exploring all possibilities for detecting the case. No suspects have been arrested," Ranade added.
The blasts sparked chaos and panic on the road. The road, which is a major shopping hub and hosts a large number of eating joints, is an arterial link between the Pune-Mumbai highway and the heart of the city.
The German Bakery blast of February 13, 2010 happened in the Koregaon Park area, which is around 5 km from J M Road. The bakery blast had killed 17 and injured 64.
The Wednesday explosive devices were placed at regular intervals on a 700-metre stretch of the J M Road from Balgandharva Chowk to the Garware flyover. All six explosive devices were placed on only one side of the road.
"All the blasts happened in one locality. It does not seem to be a terrorist attack, rather it seems to have been the work of a mischief-maker," Pune police commissioner Gulabrao Pol earlier told TOI.
However, Union home secretary R K Singh said in New Delhi that terror angle could not be ruled out as the blasts occurring minutes apart were a coordinated act.
Investigators trying to string together bits of evidence in the serial low-intensity blasts in the city have hit a hurdle as some CCTV cameras at the explosion sites have been found to be non-functional.
The CCTV cameras installed at Dena Bank, McDonald's and Bal Gandharva traffic square, near where the explosions occurred, have not yielded any clue so far and some of them were non-functional, sources in the investigative agencies said on condition of anonymity.
Sources said the Maharashtra ATS, city Crime Branch and the NIA are looking for clues from the two bicycles as two of the four coordinated blasts last night occurred in their front carriers.
Explosives were strapped on the bicycles which appeared newly purchased. The investigators are trying to locate the shop from where the bicycles were bought.
As per reports, a black sticky substance with ammonium nitrate was used in the explosions, forensic experts are also trying to ascertain the concentration of explosives in the devices to zero in on the likely group behind the blasts.
According to sources, different terror groups use varied concentration of explosives in their "signature bombs". Battery operated detonators with digital timers could have been used to trigger the blasts, the reports said.
Dayanand Patil, the only person injured in the blast at Bal Gandharva Theatre square, is being questioned by the police as to how the explosive found its way into his carry bag.
Sources said Patil, who sustained minor injuries, was not being treated as a suspect in the case.
Patil, who hails from nearby Urali Kanchan village and used to commute daily to Pune for tailoring work, is in hospital where his statement is being recorded. He told the police that he had been to the 'dharna' (sit-in protest) by Anna Hazare's India Against Corruption supporters and somebody might have slipped in the explosive in his carry bag. The explosion occurred when he tried to open a box in which the explosive was kept.
His wife, Satyakala, was also being questioned by police, sources said.
Police have registered an offence against "unknown persons" under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 427 (mischief causing damage), 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and relevant sections of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Explosive Substances Act.
Activists of India against corruption (IAC), who have been staging a dharna just opposite the Bal Ghandharva Theatre, said they would call it off temporarily in response to a directive by police for security reasons.
Meanwhile, life in the city and busy Jangli Maharaj ( JM) road, where the four coordinated blasts occurred, is normal. Barring the blasts sites which have been barricaded by police, people could be seen moving as usual on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
Maharashtra home minister R R Patil, who visited the blast sites, also held a meeting with top police officials this morning to review the situation and take stock of the probe.
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