This story is from February 21, 2007

'Suitcases of same make, bought from Old Delhi'

The suitcases, of 26" x 15" dimensions, were probably purchased from a luggage shop in Old Delhi near the railway station.
'Suitcases of same make, bought from Old Delhi'
NEW DELHI: Investigators probing the Samjhauta Express bombing have found that all suitcases used to encase explosives placed in pipes and bottles, with kerosene and sulphur to start a high-intensity blaze are of the same make.
The suitcases, of 26" x 15" dimensions, were probably purchased from a luggage shop in Old Delhi near the railway station.
Based on the account of an injured traveller from Pakistan, Usman Mohammed, the Haryana police released two sketches of suspects who had got off the train when it slowed down near Deewana station in Panipat area.
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The bombs went off 20 minutes later.
They had claimed to have wrongly boarded the train and said that they wanted to go to Ahmedabad. IGP Rohtak Range, Sharad Kumar, said that 14 bottles containing kerosene had been recovered and that some tickets had been issued at Old Delhi railway station without production of passports.
Police sources in Jammu and Srinagar also spoke of phone intercepts which were being examined and that a team of militants had possibly slipped into Delhi a few days ago.
Without ruling out the possibility of the bombers having crossed over to Pakistan, sources said raids were being conducted in different cities including Delhi on the basis of 'vital clues' the special investigation team is working on.
Referring to the probe by a joint team comprising sleuths of Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Punjab police, the official said the terror act appeared to have been carried out by four to five people in close coordination with their masters, read ISI, across the border.

Investigators are also trying to find linkages between the post-blast intercept and a number of other pre-incident intercepts. Incidentally, a pre-blast intercept pointed to conversation between two of LeT's commanders hinting at a meeting to execute a plan in Delhi.
Meanwhile, police in Jammu said the Samjhauta Express had been used to send terrorists to and from India. Two terrorists from Al Jihad, Saif Ali Shah and Iftikar Ali, had been arrested in January.
They claimed to be 'returning' to India having sold off all their belongings in Pakistan and said that the train was regularly used to push in terrorists. A Mumbai-blasts accused, Faizal Sheikh, is also believed to have travelled on the train to Pakistan.
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