Battery-operated timer device used in UP blasts
New
Delhi,
Nov
26:
Home
Minister
Shivraj
Patil
today
informed
the
Lok
Sabha
that
the
serial
bomb
blasts
in
three
cities
of
Uttar
Pradesh
on
Friday
were
triggered
by
battery-operated
timer
devices.
In a statement during Zero Hour, he said explosives with these timers were contained in bags kept on bicycles parked close to areas where lawyers and litigants sit in premises of court, the scene of explosions.
He said teams of National Security Guards have visited the blast sites for post-blast investigations. However, the probe into the multiple blasts is being carried out by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh police with the assistance from Central agencies, he added.
The Home Minister said as per the latest information, five bomb blasts took places in three cities of Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow within a span of about 20 minutes.
He said Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal along with officials of the ministry visited the blast sites in Varanasi court premises.
Condemning the mindless terrorist violence, Mr Patil reiterated government's firm resolve to combat terrorism, adding fight against it has to be fought by the government, political parties, civil society and the media together.
''We will not allow these anti-national forces to disturb peace and communal harmony in the country.''
UNI