Mumbai:
Four days after triple blasts ripped through Mumbai, there are no clear leads yet with the police. However, investigators have prepared a sketch based on eyewitness accounts.
The sketch has not been released to the media yet, but has been circulated among the investigators.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has, meanwhile, ruled out the involvement of a suicide bomber in the serial explosions that killed 19 people and injured 131.
"Investigations done so far and visit to the sites by forensic experts and investigators suggest that there was no suicide bomber," ATS chief Rakesh Maria said yesterday.
The announcement puts to rest speculation over the involvement of a suicide bomber after a corpse, found from one of the blast sites, had an embedded electrical circuit. The body was found by doctors at JJ Hospital where victims of the blasts were being rushed in.
At the core of the ongoing investigations now is the CCTV footage from the blast sites - 11 CDs to be precise - that the security agencies are heavily relying upon to zero in on the people who could have planted the bombs. (Read: Cops scouring 46 CCTV cameras for clues)
Admitting that the footage was "voluminous" and "grainy", Mr Maria said that investigators were seeking technical help to get better images.
The videos recovered from the CCTV cameras are currently being matched with those installed at various entry and exit points at the city.
But despite the investigations, there is no clear word yet on who was responsible for the blasts. The police refused to speculate on the involvement of any terror group, adding that members of various modules arrested in the past were being questioned. (Read: Focus on key Indian Mujahideen operatives, say sources)
Sources have, though, told NDTV that splinter groups of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), which suffered a huge blow after the arrest of 21 of its key operatives in 2008, may have regrouped and could have executed the attacks on Wednesday.
The Maharashtra ATS is collecting information from the Gujarat Police on the recent arrest of IM operative Danish Khan who is suspected to have regrouped this new module.
Teams of the Gujarat Crime Branch and Uttar Pradesh's Special Task Force (STF) are in Mumbai in connection with the probe.
The UP STF is gathering leads on members of the IM's Azamgarh module who escaped recently.
The Maharashtra ATS has also sought assistance from the Kolkata Police asking them to verify if any IM suspects had travelled to Mumbai from Kolkata and subsequently went underground after the blasts.
Also under the scanner are IM's Karnataka-based operatives Riaz and Iqbal Bhatkal, who fled to Pakistan after masterminding a series of blasts between 2005 and 2007 in Jaipur and Ahmedabad.
The sketch has not been released to the media yet, but has been circulated among the investigators.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has, meanwhile, ruled out the involvement of a suicide bomber in the serial explosions that killed 19 people and injured 131.
"Investigations done so far and visit to the sites by forensic experts and investigators suggest that there was no suicide bomber," ATS chief Rakesh Maria said yesterday.
The announcement puts to rest speculation over the involvement of a suicide bomber after a corpse, found from one of the blast sites, had an embedded electrical circuit. The body was found by doctors at JJ Hospital where victims of the blasts were being rushed in.
At the core of the ongoing investigations now is the CCTV footage from the blast sites - 11 CDs to be precise - that the security agencies are heavily relying upon to zero in on the people who could have planted the bombs. (Read: Cops scouring 46 CCTV cameras for clues)
Admitting that the footage was "voluminous" and "grainy", Mr Maria said that investigators were seeking technical help to get better images.
The videos recovered from the CCTV cameras are currently being matched with those installed at various entry and exit points at the city.
But despite the investigations, there is no clear word yet on who was responsible for the blasts. The police refused to speculate on the involvement of any terror group, adding that members of various modules arrested in the past were being questioned. (Read: Focus on key Indian Mujahideen operatives, say sources)
Sources have, though, told NDTV that splinter groups of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), which suffered a huge blow after the arrest of 21 of its key operatives in 2008, may have regrouped and could have executed the attacks on Wednesday.
The Maharashtra ATS is collecting information from the Gujarat Police on the recent arrest of IM operative Danish Khan who is suspected to have regrouped this new module.
Teams of the Gujarat Crime Branch and Uttar Pradesh's Special Task Force (STF) are in Mumbai in connection with the probe.
The UP STF is gathering leads on members of the IM's Azamgarh module who escaped recently.
The Maharashtra ATS has also sought assistance from the Kolkata Police asking them to verify if any IM suspects had travelled to Mumbai from Kolkata and subsequently went underground after the blasts.
Also under the scanner are IM's Karnataka-based operatives Riaz and Iqbal Bhatkal, who fled to Pakistan after masterminding a series of blasts between 2005 and 2007 in Jaipur and Ahmedabad.
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