Vicky Nanjappa reports: The National Investigation Agency will take over the probe into the twin blasts in Hyderabad. A unit of the NIA is already present in Hyderabad and another team from Delhi would also participate in the probe.

However, the Hyderabad police would assist the NIA in this probe as the investigation agencies would need to join the dots and compare the modus operandi with the earlier blasts.

The NIA is already handling the Mecca Masjid blasts case in Hyderabad whereas the twin blasts that took place five years ago is with the Hyderabad police. The NIA would not only probe a Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami or IM angle but would also look into a possible modus operandi that was used to carry out the Mecca Masjid blasts as well.

A NIA official said that all angles would be looked into and "we would seek the assistance of the local police to provide us more information on the investigation into the earlier twin blasts'.