By NNN-PTI,
Ahmedabad (India) : Indian investigators probing last week’s serial bomb blasts in the city have prepared sketches of three suspects as Gujarat remains on high-alert, a senior police official said Saturday.
“We have prepared three sketches of suspects based on description given by an eye-witness who saw them planting the bombs in different parts of the city,” Joint Commissioner of Police Ashish Bhatia said.
“We have decided to not make those sketches public at this stage as it will hamper the probe,” he added.
Police is conducting regular combing operations and security has been tightened in vital locations of the state.
On the forensic report of bombs, Bhatia said, “It seems that the material for bombs came from outside the state. But it is likely that they were assembled here. Since, items like batteries and watches are found locally, we believe that the assembly could have been done here.”
Victims admitted at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital have described the series of events leading to bomb blast to police officials, said Bhatia.
Meanwhile, Jammu woke up to a tense morning Saturday as the army was called in to help the administration in maintaining law and order after violent protests over the Amarnath land row.
The army was called in the Jammu city and other curfew bound areas of the district and continues to remain deployed along with police and paramilitary forces, a spokesman said here.
The army was deployed in the adjoining district of Samba since Friday evening in the wake of violence here in which two persons died and eight others were injured when police opened fire to control a mob.
The protesters also burnt 14 houses in Khour area of the border tehsil of Akhnoor.
Over 30 people, including seven cops, were also injured in other incidents of stepped-up violence in Jammu and Samba districts.
The civil authorities sought army assistance as protesters demanding cancellation of the revoked land transfer order to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, defied curfew and clashed with security forces at several places.
Governor N N Vohra and leaders of several political parties have asked people in Jammu region to maintain peace and calm.
The appeal was made by party leaders at Raj Bhawan here last evening.