By IANS,
Mumbai : Following are some key remarks by Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday on the terror attack after visiting the sites with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan:
– 17 people dead, 131 injured and taken to hospital
– Of the injured, 26 discharged, 82 stable, 23 serious
– Injured were quickly taken to 13 hospitals in 21 ambulances
– No intelligence inputs with central or state agencies
– But cannot call it intelligence failure
– It was a coordinated act, suspects acted clandestinely
– Blasts were not triggered remotely
– Ammonium nitrate was used with timers
– Blast at Dadar of low intensity
– Blasts at Zaveri Bazaar, Opera House of medium-to-high intensity
– Do not speculate on suspects
– Maharashtra government not to proceed with pre-suppositions
– Media also asked to not to speculate, look at one particular direction
– Teams from New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune at work
– Nature of explosive, timer mechanism, container being probed
– Angle that Indo-Pakistan talks are due will be kept in mind
– Not an attack on India’s commercial capital
– India will continue to grow and prosper
– Will explore link with arrest of Indian Mujahideen operators last week
– Will also explore link with arrest of Maoists last week
– This was first major terror attack in Mumbai in 31 months
– Mumbai has been reasonably secure with capacity to deal with threats
– Mumbai police has successfully foiled a large number of terror threats.