Govt had information but no specifics, says Shinde
New Delhi, Feb 21: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Thursday that the government had ‘information' about the blasts but there were no specifics. Shinde said the Centre had information about possible blasts but there was no specific mention of the city which was on the radar of the attackers.
Shinde
said
the
information
was
passed
on
all
state
governments.
He
also
had
a
talk
to
the
chief
minister
of
Andhra
Pradesh,
Kiran
Kumar
Reddy,
and
the
latter
told
him
that
the
blasts
took
place
within
a
radius
of
150
metres.
NIA
and
IB
teams
were
sent
to
Hyderabad
to
probe
the
blasts.
Forensic
experts
of
the
NSG,
the
country's
premier
counter-terror
outfit,
were
also
sent
Hyderabad.
Post-blasts
analysis
team
and
experts
from
the
Channai
hub
of
the
‘black
cat'
commandos
were
also
sent
to
the
blast
sites.
The NSG team will collect samples from the blast spots and analyse the trigger mechanism that was used in the explosions, sources said.
Eighteen people were killed while nearly 50 were injured in the Andhra capital on Thursday evening.
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Dastardly act and guilty won't be spared, says Prime Minister
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh termed the twin blasts in Hyderabad as "dastardly act" and said the guilty would not be spared. A tweet from the Prime Minister's Office quoted Singh as saying: "This is a dastardly attack, the guilty will not go unpunished."
The tweet also said the PM had directed the central agencies to extend all possible help to the Andhra Pradesh state authorities in carrying out the relief operations. Singh also appealed to the people to remain calm and maintain peace.
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