Date '13' points to suspected IM hand in Mumbai blasts

Pune, Jul 14: Three blasts that rocked Mumbai once again made Punekars shudder with memories of February 13 terrorist attack on the German Bakery last year, that killed 17 persons including some foreigners and injuring over 50.

Even as the city was put on a very high alert since last night, after the blasts, with thick security blanket covering all sensitive places identified after the German Bakery blast, the numerical connotation of date "13" too has emerged as a mysterious angle to the latest terror strike on the country's commercial capital.

ATS sources here noted that in addition to the Pune blast, many other earlier terror attacks including the ones in Delhi and Jaipur had taken place on the day when the date was 13 and wondered whether it pointed out to involvement of a particular group that planned them.

A source said it appeared that the attacks with suspected Indian Mujaheedin (IM) connections had coincided with date "13".

After the February 13 on the German Bakery, the Koregaon park area which also houses the Jewish centre-- "Chhabad House" and the Osho ashram in its vicinity, is notified as a sensitive zone on the terrorists'' radar.

PTI