Police suspect Pak role in recovery of IED in Delhi

January 18, 2022 08:47

The explosive used in the improvised explosive device, which was seized from the Ghazipur flower market in New Delhi, is suspected to be part of consignments dropped in Punjab and Jammu Kashmir by drones from Pakistan, officials said on Monday.

The seizures made in recent times and the use of RDX in the IED found at the market indicate towards Pakistani spy agency ISI's role, they said.

The IED was seized from the market on January 14, ahead of Republic Day.

"Nearly 40 people associated with the Ghazipur flower market have been questioned as part of a probe following the seizure of the IED. But we are yet to make any headway in the case. Local enquiries conducted so far have not given any concrete material," a senior police officer, who is part of the investigation, said.

On Monday, after the National Security Guard informed the Delhi Police that the IED seized from the market had a timer device attached to it and had ammonium nitrate and RDX as its components, police officials probing the case said that RDX as a component was used in blasts in the national capital earlier.

No arrest has been made in the Ghazipur case till now.

Police are examining footage of multiple CCTV cameras to find a suspect.

Police officials said they suspect that the kind of explosive used in the IED seized from the market could have been part of consignments dropped in Jammu Kashmir and Punjab by droned from Pakistan.

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