Pune:
After every blast, it is the Home Minister who has to answer some tough questions. So, current Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday visited Central Reserve Police Force's Institute of IED Management in Pune, to take a quick lesson on the various types of explosive devices.
The institute is one of the most advanced in the world and has samples and models of explosive devices that have been used in different terror and Naxal attacks in the country. "We have models even of the Boston bombing where a pressure cooker was used to trigger the blast and also a sample of the underwear bomb that had failed on a US flight," Commandant Mohammad Jamal Khan, the principal of the institute, told NDTV after giving a presentation to the Home Minister. "He was very keen to know about IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) and we explained it to him in a simple way," said Mr Khan.
The Home Minister was shown how the terrorists had used bicycles in the serial blasts at Pune's Jangali Maharaj road last year, the suitcase bomb used in the Samjhauta Express in 2007 and even the cylinder blasts at Bodh Gaya on Sunday.
Coming out of the institute, Mr Shinde told NDTV that he was keen to visit the centre since the time Pune was rocked with serial blasts in 2012. "I am impressed, this institute is of world standard. It was very important for me to understand about IEDs," he said.
Over 1000 officers from top investigating agencies have taken lessons on IEDs from this institute which has now got request calls from Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka for training their men. But the CRPF team at the base is currently focussing their expertise to know more about the module behind the Bodh Gaya blasts.
The institute is one of the most advanced in the world and has samples and models of explosive devices that have been used in different terror and Naxal attacks in the country. "We have models even of the Boston bombing where a pressure cooker was used to trigger the blast and also a sample of the underwear bomb that had failed on a US flight," Commandant Mohammad Jamal Khan, the principal of the institute, told NDTV after giving a presentation to the Home Minister. "He was very keen to know about IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) and we explained it to him in a simple way," said Mr Khan.
The Home Minister was shown how the terrorists had used bicycles in the serial blasts at Pune's Jangali Maharaj road last year, the suitcase bomb used in the Samjhauta Express in 2007 and even the cylinder blasts at Bodh Gaya on Sunday.
Coming out of the institute, Mr Shinde told NDTV that he was keen to visit the centre since the time Pune was rocked with serial blasts in 2012. "I am impressed, this institute is of world standard. It was very important for me to understand about IEDs," he said.
Over 1000 officers from top investigating agencies have taken lessons on IEDs from this institute which has now got request calls from Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka for training their men. But the CRPF team at the base is currently focussing their expertise to know more about the module behind the Bodh Gaya blasts.
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