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 Hyderabad, Feb 22: The twin blasts in Dilsukhnagar on Thursday night, which created a nation-wide sensation and concern, seemed to have been put into operation after a well-hatched plan and a reconnaissance of the area four days earlier.
A conclusion to this effect seemed to have been arrived at by the NIA officials during their preliminary investigations after discovering that the CC cameras installed in the area was made non-operational by cutting the wires a few days back. Though the concerned authorities were informed to repair and reconnect the wires, the person entrusted with the work failed to turn up which further strengthened the suspicion.
According to Intelligence sources the suspected terrorists had stayed put in various lodges in the area few days back for reconnaissance and had selected the crowded spots for planting the bombs. They had taken all precautionary measures to safeguard their identity. After minutely surveying the area and identifying the spots where the detonators have to be planted, the terrorists diligently acted to ensure that the CC cameras go dead by cutting the wires.
Investigations also brought to light that the terrorists had even made a last minute change in shifting a spot for planting the detonators. As a matter fact the famous Sai Baba temple in the area was to have been the target keeping in view the large gathering of devotees it being Thursday. However in view of the heavy police presence near the temple seemed to have forced the terrorists to change the plan instead plant the detonator behind the bus shlter instead of the temple.
Being an ardent Sai Baba devotee, City Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma performed special pooja in the temple. In view of the city police chief’s visit, the police made adequate bandobust in and around the temple. On finding the large number of policemen, the terrorists changed their plans and instead of the temple placed the bomb in the nearby bus shelter. In fact the City Police Commissioner seem to have had a providential escape because nearly after 15 to twenty minutes of his leaving the temple, the first blast occurred.
Now the investigating officers are studying the footage of the CC cameras installed near the Sai Baba temple, which surprisingly missed the attention of the terrorists to deactivate it. Police are trying to trace a group of youth, considered to be non-locals, leaving the area in a hurry few minutes before the blasts occurred.
It is pertinent to note here that the same Sai Baba temple was the target of bomb attack on November 21, 2002. Bombs in tiffin boxes placed in a scooter in front of the temple had exploded resulting in the death of two persons.
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